Thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen (November 26, 1823–October 6, 1874) was a Norwegianpianist and composer. As a composer Tellefsen wrote 44 opuses:[1] solo piano works, two piano concertos, and chamber music. He dedicated many of his compositions to the Polish, Russian, and French aristocracy.
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northwestern Europe whose territory comprises of the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula; the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard are also part of the Kingdom of Norway. The Antarctic Peter I Island and the sub-Antarctic Bouvet Island are dependent territories and thus not considered part of the kingdom. Norway also lays claim to a section of Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land.
A pianist is an individual musician who plays the piano. Since most forms of Western music can make use of the piano, pianists have a wide repertoire and a wide variety of styles to choose from, among them traditional classical music, jazz, blues, and all sorts of popular music, including rock and roll. Most pianists can, to an extent, easily play other keyboard-related instruments such as the synthesizer, harpsichord, celesta, and the organ.
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Thomas Tellefsen, the youngest of six siblings,[1] was born in Trondheim, Norway, where he studied with his father, the organist Johan Christian Tellefsen (1774–1857), and with Ole Andreas Lindeman.[2] Thomas gave his first public concert in his home town in the spring of 1842. Shortly after, he went to Paris, where he became the pupil of his compatriot Charlotte Thygeson, and later attended some of Friedrich Kalkbrenner's classes. During the years 1844 to 1847, he was taught periodically by Frédéric Chopin, who also became his personal friend and had considerable influence on his musical taste, style of playing, and compositions.
Trondheim, historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It has a population of 193,666, and is the third most populous municipality in Norway, although the fourth largest urban area. Trondheim lies on the south shore of Trondheim Fjord at the mouth of the River Nidelva. The city is dominated by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), the Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research (SINTEF), St. Olavs University Hospital and other technology-oriented institutions.
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Duchess Marcelina Czartoryska took him to the Hôtel Lambert in Paris, where he made his debut as a pianist with great success on 29 April 1851.[3] Soon after that, Tellefsen became regarded as one of the outstanding pianists of his time, and was especially admired as an interpreter of Chopin's music. When Chopin died in 1849, Tellefsen took over some of his teacher's pupils, including Jane Stirling.[3] In the 1850s and 1860s, Tellefsen was regarded as a very successful pianist, and he toured several times in England, Sweden, and Norway. He died in Paris, and is buried at the Cimetière d´Auteuil.
The Hôtel Lambert is a hôtel particulier, a grand mansion townhouse, on the Quai Anjou on the eastern tip of the Île Saint-Louis, in 4th arrondissement of Paris. In the 19th century, the name Hôtel Lambert also came to designate a political faction of Polish exiles associated with Prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, who had purchased the Hôtel Lambert.
Jean ("Jane") Wilhelmina Stirling was a Scottish amateur pianist who is best known as a student and later friend of Frédéric Chopin, two of whose nocturnes are dedicated to her. She took him on a tour of England and Scotland in 1848, and took charge of the disposal of his effects and manuscripts after his death in 1849. While there is no evidence they were lovers, she was often referred to, after Chopin's death, as "Chopin's widow".
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Compositions
Among his published works, Tellefsen wrote sixteen mazurkas, five chamber music works (two sonatas for violin and piano, a sonata for cello and piano, a sonata for two pianos, and a trio for piano, violin and cello), composed between 1854 and 1867. He also wrote two piano concertos, the first in 1848 and the second in 1853, six waltzes, four nocturnes, three études, and a number of larger works and salon pieces, which were written for the teaching of his pupils. This list is sortable by title, key, tempo markings, genre, and year of composition, but non-sortable by opus number and notes.
Tellefsen's works without opus number are either piano studies or liturgical pieces. His Moderato, written in 1842, is one of his first attempts in composition. Another collection of works consists of twenty-one short fughettas, versetti and cantabile pieces, suitable in length in Roman Catholic and Lutheran services during the time they were written. The versetti are organ verses played in alternation with sung verses of hymns. The preludes were played for organ or piano with pedal. They were used as preludes and postludes, while a cantabile piece might also appear after the sermon as an introduction to the next hymn. Variations on hymn tunes are a much-used form in church services as well. This list is sortable by title, key, tempo markings, genre and year of composition, and non-sortable by number and notes.
↑ A composition for soprano and piano accompaniment dedicated to Mlle. Christance Thiis, the day of her communion.
↑ Waltz No. 1 was dedicated to Mlle. Z. Auber, No. 2 to Mlle. Louise Jedrzejeicz, and No. 3 to Mlle. Charlotte Jane Stirling de Glenbervie.
↑ A composition dedicated to Monsieur Baron de Stockhausen, most probably Baron Nathaniel von Stockhausen, the Hanoverian ambassador to France, to whom Chopin dedicated his Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23.
↑ This concerto for piano and orchestra, with a traditional bridal march from Sogn used as the main theme, and a rhythmic theme as a second theme taken from the Halling dance, was dedicated to Oscar I, King of Sweden and Norway.
↑ Translated as Dance of the Hulders, it may have been written for the annual carnival celebration for Norwegian artists in Paris. It was dedicated to Countess Delphine Potocka, née Komar.
↑ Also known as "Adagio, Cantabile et Rondo", this composition was dedicated to Madame Baroness Monsieur Nathaniel de Rothschild's.
↑ A composition dedicated to Madame Countess Nina Branicka.
↑ Translated as The little beggar. It was dedicated to Madame Princess Woronzow.
↑ A composition dedicated to Madame Baroness Alphonse de Rothschild.
↑ An étude in passagework and broken chords. It was dedicated to Madame Barbe Stolypine.
↑ Translated as Bridal Tune, Danse Norvégienne (Norwegian Dance), may have been written for the annual carnival celebration for Norwegian artists in Paris. It was dedicated to Princess Julie Galitzin.
↑ A composition dedicated to Baroness Nathaniel Rothschild.
↑ This composition, divided into three sections or movements, has no title. Some sources list it as Berceuse, while others just as Op. 32. No. 1 was dedicated to Madame Countess Laure Suieykowska, No. 2 to Madame Lady Ashburton, née Stuart Mackensie, and No. 3, subtitled Idylle, and published around 1871, to Madame Amélie Lecarpentier, née Brunet.
↑ Translated as Polish Dance,this composition was dedicated to Madame Jenny Lind Goldschmidt.
↑ An étude in lyrical and melodic writing for the right hand. It was dedicated to Madame Countess Geneviève Puslowska, née Princess Drucka Lubecku.
↑ This Air de ballet was dedicated to his friend Count Stephen Swiecykowski.
↑ A composition for violin or violoncello (duo). The tempo marking for this composition also reads Largo, and 73 bars before the Interlude (Complainte), translated as Lament, with tempo marking Presto. It was dedicated to Prince Oscar of Sweden and Norway.
↑ A composition dedicated to our friend Count Sigismund Puslowski.
↑ A composition dedicated to our friend Count François Puslowski.
↑ This composition, Fête à Walhalla, 3me. Danse Norvégienne, translated as The Walhalla Feast, may have been written for the annual carnival celebration for Norwegian artists in Paris in 1869. It was dedicated to Madame Dutchess de Frias.
↑ Arrangement for piano. Dedicated to Madame Hutchinson.
↑ An étude in sixths, advanced figures and passagework. Subtitled Douze Études de Virtuosité, No. 8. It seems this is just part 8 of a collection of twelve exercises in sixths for piano. Dedicated to Madame Delaborde.
↑ Fughetta No. II written for 4 voices, No. III for 3 voices, No. IV for 3 voices, No. V for 3 voices, No. Vi for 4 voices, and No. VII for 4 voices. No. VIII for 3 voices, No. IX for 3 voices, No. X for 3 voices, No. XI for 3 voices. Fughetta XII written in the Dorian mode and set for 3 voices. Interlude, Mellonspill in Norwegian and Zwischenspiel in German language, written in the Dorian mode as well. Fughetta No. XIII for 3 voices, No. XIV for 4 voices, and No. XV for 3 voices.
↑ An 8-line-verse Norwegian hymn translated as "Jesus, Guide Thou All My Thoughts", which has survived to our day thanks to oral tradition. It comes from the end of the 17th century, being first published in 1861 by Magnus Brostrup Landstad.
↑ The well-known hymn among Norwegians "I Jesu Navn skal al vor gjerning ske", translated as "Let all our works in the Name of Jesus be", was usually sung in the closing or opening of a service.
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