Stephen Heller (15 May 1813 – 14 January 1888) was a Hungarian pianist, teacher, and composer whose career spanned the period from Schumann to Bizet.[1] Heller was an influence for later Romantic composers. He outlived his reputation, and was a near-forgotten figure at his death in 1888.[citation needed]
Hungarian pianist, teacher, and composer
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The native form of this personal name is Heller István.This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Stephen Heller by Alfred Lemoine.
Biography
Heller was born in Pest, Hungary in 1815. He had been destined for a legal career, but instead decided to devote his life to music. At the age of nine he performed Jan Ladislav Dussek's Concerto for Two Pianos with his teacher, F. Brauer, at the Budapest Theater. He played so well that he was sent to study in Vienna, Austria, under Carl Czerny. Unable to afford Czerny's expensive fees, he became a student of Anton Halm.[1] After a success in his first public concert in Vienna at the age of 15, his father undertook a concert tour through Hungary, Poland and Germany.
Heller returned to Budapest by way of Kassel, Frankfurt, Nuremberg, Hamburg, and Augsburg. After passing the winter of 1829 at Hamburg, he was taken ill at Augsburg in the summer of 1830. He abandoned the tour there and was soon afterwards adopted by a wealthy patron of music.
At the age of 25, he travelled to Paris, where he became closely acquainted with Hector Berlioz, Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt and other renowned composers of his era. Here Heller achieved distinction both as a concert performer and as a teacher. He taught piano to Isidor Philipp, who later became head of the piano department of the Conservatoire de Paris.
In 1849 Heller performed in England, where in 1850 he was the subject of a long serial article (that is divided between many issues) devoted to his music in the British Musical World.[2] In 1862 he performed Mozart's E-flat concerto for two pianos with Charles Hallé at The Crystal Palace.
He spent the last twenty-five years of his life in Paris.
Works
Heller's grave (Père Lachaise Cemetery)
Heller was a prolific composer for the piano and his studies remain popular with music teachers and students.
Complete worklist
Op. 1 Thème de Paganini varié
Op. 2 Les charmes de Hambourg. Rondeau brillant
Op. 3 Fantaisie dramatique sur les opéras Semiramide et Masaniello
Op. 4 Valse Favorite de Hubovsky. Variations brillantes
Op. 5 Thème polonais. Variations brillantes
Op. 6 Zampa. Variations brillantes sur l'opéra de Herold
Op. 7 Trois Impromptus
Déclaration
Adieu
Amour sans repos
Op. 8 Scherzo No. 1 (Rondo-Scherzo)
Op. 9 Sonata No. 1 in D minor
Op. 10 Trois morceaux brillants
Divertissement L'elisire d'amore
Rondoletto Norma
Rondoletto L'elisire d'amore
Op. 11 Rondo-Valse
Op. 12 Rondoletto sur La Cracovienne du ballet The Gipsy
Op. 13 Les treize. Divertissement brillant sur l'opéra de Halévy
Op. 14 Passetemps. Six rondinos sur des mélodies de Strauss
Op. 15 Les treize. Rondo sur l'opéra de Halévy
Op. 16 24 Etudes. L'Art de phraser
Op. 17 Le shérif. Six caprices sur une romance de l'opéra de Halévy
Op. 18 La chanson du pays. Improvisata sur une mélodie de Reber
Op. 19 La captive. Deux caprices sur une mélodie de Reber
Op. 20 Hai Luli. Deux impromptus sur une mélodie de Reber
Op. 21 Bergeronnette. Deux impromptus sur une mélodie de Reber
Op. 22 La Favorita. 4 rondos sur l'opéra de Donizetti
Op. 23 Le guitarrero. Quatre rondos sur l'opéra de Halévy
Op. 24 Scherzo No. 2
Op. 25 Richard, Cœur de lion. Étude mélodique sur l'opéra de Gretry
Op. 26 Richard, Cœur de lion. Impromptu sur l'opéra de Gretry
Op. 27 Caprice brillant in E♭ major
Op. 28 Caprice symphonique in A major
Op. 29 La chasse. Étude
Op. 30 Dix pensées fugitives for Violin and Piano (collaboration with H.W. Ernst)
Passé
Souvenir
Romance
Lied
Agitato
Adieu
Rêverie
Caprice
Inquiétude
Intermezzo
Op. 30a ditto, for Piano Solo
Op. 31 La Juive. Petite fantaisie sur l'opéra de Halévy
Op. 32 La Juive. Bolero sur un motif de l'opéra de Halévy
Op. 33 La Truite (Die Forelle) Caprice brillant, mélodie de Schubert
Op. 34 Le roi des aulnes (Erlkönig) Mélodie de Schubert
Op. 35 La poste. Improvisata. Mélodie de Schubert
Op. 36 L'éloge des larmes (Lob der Tränen). Morceau de salon, mélodie de Schubert
Op. 37 Charles VI. Fantaisie sur l'opéra de Halévy
Op. 38 Charles VI. Caprice brillant sur l'opéra de Halévy
Op. 39 La kermesse. Danse Néerlandaise
Op. 40 Miscellanées
Rêverie
La petite mendiante
Eglogue
Op. 41 Le déserteur. Caprice sur un motif de l'opéra de Monsigny
Op. 42 Valse élégante [brillante]
Op. 43 Valse sentimentale
Op. 44 Valse villageoise
Op. 45 25 Études. Introduction à l'art du phrasé
Op. 46 30 Études mélodiques et progressives
Op. 47 25 Études pour former au sentiment du rhythme et à l'expression
Op. 48 No. 1 Charles VI. Chant national de l'opéra de Halévy
Op. 48 No. 2 Sylvana. Une pastorale
Op. 49 Quatre arabesques
Op. 50 Scènes pastorales
Op. 51 Le désert. Caprice brillant sur l'ode-symphonie de Félicien David [Capricce brillante sur la Marche de la Caravane et la Rêverie du 'Désert' de Félicien David]
Op. 52 Venitienne
Op. 53 Tarantella No. 1
Op. 54 Fantaisie-Stück [Grande Fantaisie auf Lieder von Schubert]
Op. 55 La fontaine. Caprice brillant, mélodie de Schubert
Op. 55a Mélodie de Schubert. Transcription of Liebesbotschaft
Musical World, 1850-1 at Google Books, page 49 (January 26, 1850 issue) has a review, extracted from the Athenæum (not original with the Musical World), of the second sonata in its original publication.
Further reading
Barbedette, Hippolyte (1877). Stephen Heller, his life and works. Brown-Borthwick, Robert (trans.). London: Ashdown & Parry. heller stephen.
ditto. Detroit: Detroit Reprints in Music, 1974. ISBN0-911772-69-3
Kersten, Ursula, ed. Stephen Heller, Briefe an Robert Schumann. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 1988 ISBN3-631-40598-7.
Müller-Kersten, Ursula, Stephen Heller, ein Klaviermeister der Romantik: biographische und stilkritische Studien. Frankfurt am Main, New York: P. Lang, c1986. ISBN3-8204-9312-3
Schütz, Rudolf. Stephen Heller; ein Künstlerleben. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1911.
Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, New York: Grove, 2001. ISBN1-56159-239-0.
François-Joseph Fétis, Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la musique. Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1878-1884.
Theodore Baker, A Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, New York: G. Schirmer, 1900.
External links
Wikisource has the text of a 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article about Stephen Heller.
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