Karol Mikuli

Karol ( Carol, Charles, Carl, Karl) Knights of Mikuli ( Miculi ) or Karol Pstikyan / arms Կարոլ Միկուլի or Կարոլ Պստիկյան /. ( Born October 20, 1821 in Czernowitz, Bukovina, † May 21, 1897 in Lemberg, Galicia ) was a composer, pianist and music teacher.

Life

Karol Mikuli first studied medicine in Vienna, but in 1844 went to Paris and became a pupil of Chopin in piano playing - later he was his assistant - and Rebers in the composition. The revolution of 1848 drove him to his home. After he made ​​known as a pianist by concerts in various Austrian, Russian and Romanian cities, he was elected in 1858 as artistic director of the Galician Musikverein in Lviv ( Conservatory, Concerts etc.). In 1888 he resigned from the leadership of the Musikverein and only ran a private school. He published the first complete edition of the works of Chopin, whose unsurpassed performer he was to the end of his life. Mikulis edition of Chopin's works ( Kistner ) contains many corrections and variants after Chopin's handwritten marginal notes in Mikulis school copy.

Student

Famous students were Moriz Rosenthal and Raoul Koczalski.

Quotes

" The amazing charm, the poetry and originality, the perfect freedom and absolute clarity of Chopin's playing can not be described. It is perfect in every way. "

Works

Works with opus number

  • Prelude et presto agitato, op 1
  • Two Polonaises Op 8
  • Six pièces pour piano, Op 9; published in Vienna ( Publisher: Spina )
  • Serenade for Clarinet and Piano, Op 22 (Romanian: Serenada pentru şi pian clarinet, Op 22)
  • Variantes harmoniques sur la gamme d' Ut majeur pour piano à 4 mains, op 23; published in Leipzig ( Publisher: Kistner )
  • Pieces pour piano op 24
  • Paraphrase sur un ancien chant de Noël pour 4 voix avec polonais instruments à cordes et orgue, op 31
  • Two sacred songs for male voice choirs and soloists, Op 32
  • Veni creator for mixed choir and organ, Op 33

Works without opus numbers

  • Piano Pieces (Romanian: piese pentru pian )
  • Douze airs nationaux roumains ( ballades, chants des Bergers, airs de danse etc. ) / recueillis transcrits et pour le piano par Charles Mikuli; Published in Paris ( Publisher: Kallenbach, 1900 )

CD recordings

Radziwonowicz Karol Karol Mikuli - Piano Works

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