Franz Kullak (12 April 1844 – 9 December 1913) was a German classical pianist and composer.

Life

Born in Berlin, Kullak, the son of

Theodor Kullak Theodor Kullak (12 September 1818 – 1 March 1882) was a German pianist, composer and teacher. Background Kullak was born on 12 September 1818, in Krotoszyn. He began his piano studies as a pupil of Albrecht Agthe in Poznań. He progressed suf ...

, studied at his father's in Berlin, which he continued after his father's death in 1882 and dissolved in 1890. As a teaching work he published: * ''Der erste Klavierunterricht'' * ''Der Fortschritt im Klavierspiel'' * ''Die Harmonie auf dem Klavier'' He composed the grand opera in 5 acts ''Ines de Castro'' (Berlin 1877), a jubilee overture, piano pieces and

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er. In addition, he arranged numerous orchestral works (among others by

Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition and proficiency from an early age ...

and

Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire ...

) for piano and worked as a music critic and editor. Kullak died in Berlin at the age of 69.Franz Kullak
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Publications

''Der Vortrag in der Musik am Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts''
F. E. C. Leuckart publisher, Leipzig 1898. Neuauflage Verlag: Kessinger Pub Co. 2010.
''Beethoven's piano-playing, with an essay on the execution of the trill: written as an introduction to a new critical edition of Beethoven's piano-forte concertos''
Übersetzt aus dem Deutschen von Theodore Baker. Verlag: G. Schirmer, New York 1901 * Concert op. 19, B flat major, no. 2, with fingering and the complete orchestral

accompaniment Accompaniment is the musical part which provides the rhythmic and/or harmonic support for the melody or main themes of a song or instrumental piece. There are many different styles and types of accompaniment in different genres and styles of m ...

transcribed for

pianoforte A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an action mechanism where hammers strike strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a chromatic scale in equal temp ...

. Publisher: Steingräber, Leipzig 1885 * Concert D moll für Pianoforte. Publisher: Steingräber, Leipzig 1888 * Konzerte für Pianoforte / Beethoven; with fingering and the complete orchestral accompaniment transcribed for pianoforte. Publisher: Steingräber, Leipzig 1889 * Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concertos for the Piano. (Two Pianos, Four Hands) Verlag: G. Schirmer, New York, 1986.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kullak, Franz German Romantic composers 19th-century German composers German music critics 1844 births 1913 deaths Musicians from Berlin