Sigismond Thalberg

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Sigismond Thalberg was a 19th-century virtuoso pianist and composer renowned for his operatic paraphrases and innovative three-hand piano technique.

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Sigismond Thalberg canonical 2
Thalberg 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
pianist ⓘ
virtuoso ⓘ
activeIn 19th century ⓘ
Romantic era ⓘ
linked to: Romanticism
burialPlace Naples area ⓘ
linked to: Naples
compositionalForm etude ⓘ
fantasia ⓘ
nocturne ⓘ
opera paraphrase ⓘ
piano concerto ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Austria ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1812-01-08 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1871-04-27 ⓘ
familyName Thalberg ⓘ
linked to: Sigismond Thalberg
fatherInLaw Luigi Lablache ⓘ
genre Romantic music ⓘ
givenName Sigismond ⓘ
influencedBy Italian opera ⓘ
operatic repertoire ⓘ
instrument piano ⓘ
knownFor illusion of three hands on the piano ⓘ
lifespan 1812–1871 ⓘ
marriedTo Francesca Lablache ⓘ
movement Romanticism ⓘ
notableEvent piano duel with Franz Liszt in Paris in 1837 ⓘ
notableFor operatic paraphrases ⓘ
three-hand piano technique ⓘ
virtuoso piano performance ⓘ
notableStudent Louis Moreau Gottschalk ⓘ
notableWork Fantaisie sur des thèmes de Don Pasquale ⓘ
Fantaisie sur des thèmes de La sonnambula ⓘ
Grande fantaisie sur des motifs de Moïse (Op. 33) ⓘ
L’art du chant appliqué au piano (Op. 70) ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
pianist ⓘ
performedIn Brazil ⓘ
Cuba ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Paris ⓘ
United States ⓘ
Vienna ⓘ
placeOfBirth Geneva region ⓘ
linked to: canton of Geneva

Pâquis, near Geneva ⓘ
placeOfDeath Posillipo ⓘ
near Naples ⓘ
residence Naples region ⓘ
linked to: Campania region
rival Franz Liszt ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Johann Nepomuk Hummel → notableStudent → Sigismond Thalberg ⓘ
Carl Czerny → notableStudent → Sigismond Thalberg ⓘ
Sigismond Thalberg → familyName → Thalberg ⓘ
linked to: Sigismond Thalberg