Michał Bergson

Michał Bergson (aka Bereksohn ) ( born May 20, 1820 Warsaw, † March 9, 1898 in London ) was a pianist and composer.

Life

Bergson coming from a significant Jewish Warsaw family. He studied in Dessau with Friedrich Schneider as well as in Berlin with Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Taubert and Rungenhagen. In the years 1837/38 he corresponded with Robert Schumann. Then he lived mostly in Paris and London. In 1857 he married a native of Yorkshire Catherine Levinson ( 1830-1928 ) and in 1863 Professor at the Conservatory of Geneva, whose line he took a few years later.

Family

He had seven children, including the philosopher and Nobel Henri Bergson (1859-1941) and the occultist Moina Mathers born Bergson ( 1865-1928 ).

Works (selection)

• 4 Mazurkas for piano, Op 1, Berlin: Schlesinger 1839
• Le Rhin ( Rhine Journey ). Morceau caractéristique for Piano, Op 21, Hamburg: Schuberth & Co. 1851
• Un Orage dans les Lagunes. Sérénade vénitienne for Piano, Op 44, Leipzig: Hofmeister 1858
• 2 Mazurkas for piano, Op 48, Hamburg: Böhme 1855
• Les Characteristics. Etudes de style et de Perfectionnement op 60, Leipzig: Rieter - Biedermann 1865
• 12 nouvelles Etudes for Piano, Op caractéristiques 60, Leipzig: Rieter - Biedermann 1879
• 12 Grandes Etudes for Piano, Op 62
• Ecole du Mechanisme. Eléments de l' Art du Pianist for Piano, Op 65, Schott Mainz 1867
• Luisa di Montfort, opera ( premiered 1847)
• Salvator Rosa, opera
• Qui va à la chasse perd sa place, operetta (1859 )