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Klaus Martin Kopitz (born January 29, 1955, Stendal) is a German composer and musicologist. He became known in particular with his album Mia Brentano's Hidden Sea. 20 songs for 2 pianos. In the US, it was 2018 on the annual "Want List" of the music magazine Fanfare . [1]
Kopitz studied at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" (1975–1980) and at the Academy of Arts, Berlin (1985–1987), where he was a pupil of Georg Katzer. Later he worked at the theatre in Neustrelitz, at the Berlin University of the Arts (since 2002) and at the Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig (since 2012).
His compositions are inspired from Classical music, Jazz, Pop and Minimal music, but can not be assigned to any specific style. In particular, his CD Mia Brentano's Hidden Sea was highly praised by the critics. For Dave Saemann it is "the most titillating CD I've come across in a long time". Huntley Dent calls it "unique among current and past releases". [2] Oliver Buslau stated: "An ever-surprising panorama from classical to free tonal, from jazzy to minimalist". [3]
Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor for solo piano, commonly known as "Für Elise", is one of Ludwig van Beethoven's most popular compositions. It was not published during his lifetime, only being discovered 40 years after his death, and may be termed either a Bagatelle or an Albumblatt. The identity of "Elise" is unknown; researchers have suggested Therese Malfatti, Elisabeth Röckel, or Elise Barensfeld.
The Immortal Beloved is the addressee of a love letter which composer Ludwig van Beethoven wrote on 6 or 7 July 1812 in Teplitz. The unsent letter is written in pencil on 10 small pages. It was found in the composer's estate following his death and is now in the Berlin State Library.
Anselm Hüttenbrenner was an Austrian composer. He was on friendly terms with both Ludwig van Beethoven—he was one of only two people known to be present at his bedside at the time of his death—and Franz Schubert, of whom his recollections constitute an interesting but probably unreliable document in Schubertian biographical studies.
Benyamin Nuss is a German pianist and composer.
Antonie Brentano, born Johanna Antonie Josefa Edle von Birkenstock and known as Toni, was an Austrian philanthropist, art collector, arts patron, and a close friend of famous German composer Ludwig Van Beethoven, being the dedicatee of his "Diabelli" variations.
Baroness Therese von Droßdik was an Austrian musician and a close friend of Ludwig van Beethoven. She is best known as the dedicatee of Beethoven's famous bagatelle, "Für Elise", WoO 59.
Elisabeth Röckel was a German soprano opera singer and the wife of the composer Johann Nepomuk Hummel.
Josephine Brunsvik or Countess Jozefina Brunszvik de Korompa, Countess Josephine Deym, was probably the most important woman in the life of Ludwig van Beethoven, as documented by at least 15 love letters he wrote her where he called her his "only beloved", being "eternally devoted" to her and "forever faithful”. Several musicologists consider her to be the most likely recipient of the mysterious "Letter to the Immortal Beloved".
Julie "Giulietta" Guicciardi was an Austrian countess and briefly a piano student of Ludwig van Beethoven. He dedicated to her his Piano Sonata No. 14, later known as the Moonlight Sonata.
Michael Lorenz is an Austrian musicologist, noted as a Mozart scholar and for his archival work combining music history and genealogical research.
The orphica is a portable piano invented by Carl Leopold Röllig in the late 18th century. Like a guitar, the orphica could be held on a shoulder strap, thus being an early forerunner of the modern keytar.
Carl Ignaz Anton Demmer, also Karl, was an operatic tenor at the Vienna court opera, and possibly Florestan in the first version of Beethoven's opera Fidelio on 20 November 1805, then titled Leonore, oder Der Triumph der ehelichen Liebe.
Friedrich August Burgmüller was a German pianist, Kapellmeister and conductor as well as the first municipal music director in Düsseldorf and co-founder of the Lower Rhenish Music Festival. He is the father of the composers Friedrich Burgmüller and Norbert Burgmüller.
Anna Therese Friederike von Zandt zu Reichartshausen was a German pianist and singer. She was the mother of the composers Friedrich Burgmüller and Norbert Burgmüller.
Johann Baptist Spitzeder was an Austrian actor and bass singer.
Joseph Lux was a German actor and operatic bass, who appeared especially in comic roles.
Klaus Kropfinger was a German musicologist and classical pianist.
Oliver Korte is a German composer, music theorician, musicologist and College professor.
Justus Hermann Wetzel was a German composer, writer and music educator.
Oliver Drechsel is a German concert pianist and composer.
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