Anton Schmoll: La nymphe, Op.117 No.7

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Channel: PSearPianist · 2017 · Music

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Phillip Sear plays a piece from a set of  '80 Études moyennes'' (Op. 116-119) from around 1890 by the German composer Anton Schmoll.
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The German composer, pianist and organist Anton Schmoll (1841-19??) abandoned an early career as a mining engineer to become a musician. He settled in France in the 1860s, eventually living in Paris, where he became a friend of Heller. He was also interested in astronomy and metaphysics, and was a member of the circle of Camille Flammarion. You can read a fascinating article written during his lifetime here: http://bit.ly/1mi5ofl .  Each of the 80 pieces in this collection bears a different dedication, mainly to piano professors at various conservatoires.  The style of writing is quite old fashioned, however, the pieces are well-written and fun to play.  This collection is the middle collection in a series of 230 studies that Schmoll wrote and that were used at the Paris Conservatoire. 

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