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Georges Bachmann : Conte d'Autrefois (Legende), Op. 23

463 views · Published 26 December 2015 · 3:28 · Indexed 10 November 2026

Channel: PSearPianist · 2015 · Music

Phillip Sear plays a vaguely 18th century pastiche with 19th century touches by the French composer Georges Bachmann (1847(or 8) -94).
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The French composer Georges Bachmann (1847(or 8) -94) was the son of a piano manufacturer (in Tours, I believe). He studied piano locally, and later with Louis Lacombe (in Paris?), was recognised as a prodigy, and embarked on a tour of Germany and Russia. He was encouraged by such musicians as Vieuxtemps and Henri Wieniawski, and became a friend of Henselt in St. Petersburg. While still in his teens he became a professor of a musical institute there, and court pianist to Grand Duchess Marie. However, he found Russia too cold, and returned to France in 1867. Before then, he had written a piano concerto and a symphony, but once back in France he seems to have focused on salon music. He was brilliant at evoking 18th century harpsichord music with a (then) contemporary touch, and this piece, published in 1872, is no exception. I find it hard to understand why music of this kind seems to have escaped the regular piano repertoire. My thumbnail features a free embroidery design from https://tinyurl.com/sptsjaj .
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Georges Bachmann : Conte d'Autrefois (Legende), Op. 23

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