Herttrich has edited over 100 Urtext editions for G. Liederkreis an die ferne Geliebte” (Bonn 1999) and “Ludwig van Beethoven. Herttrich’s publications include “Beethoven. His research interests include source studies, editorial techniques and music history.
He has been a visiting professor at Meiji Gakuin University in Tokyo and has undertaken several lecture tours both there and to Kyoto. In 1999 he took over as Head of the Beethoven-Haus Publishers, and from 2001 was made Head of the Beethoven-Archiv, the research centre at the Beethoven-Haus. Henle Publishers in Munich, after which he was Head of the Beethoven Complete Edition for over 15 years. In 1970 he earned his doctorate in Würzburg with a study of the expression of melancholy in the music of Mozart.įrom 1970 to 1990 he was an editor at G. Ernst Herttrich, born in 1942 in Würzburg, read musicology, history, German and theology at the universities in Würzburg and Cologne. Kapellmeister in Weimar he advocates for progressive music (Wagner, Schumann, Berlioz).Īppointed Hungarian court councilor he lives in Rome, Weimar, and Budapest. 1, “Ce qu‘on entend sur la montagne” (‘Bergsymphonie,’ ‘Mountain Symphony’) “A Faust Symphony in Three Character Pictures” “A Symphony to Dante’s Divine Comedy” (‘Dante Symphony’) as well as, “Hunnenschlacht” (“Battle of the Huns”). He continues concertizing in Paris.Ĭontinuous concert tours throughout Europe. He moves to Switzerland with Countess Marie d’Agoult: their first child together, Blandine-Rachel, is born here. He becomes Parisian society’sfavourite pianist and piano teacher. Composition of opera paraphrases for piano.Īcquaintance with Berlioz, self-study by reading. Performances in salons, concerts.Ĭoncert tours through France, to England and Switzerland. Composition studies with Ferdinando Paër and Antonín Reicha (1826). Relocation of the family to Vienna, studies with Carl Czerny and Antonio Salieri. First piano lessons from his father, early first attempts at composition, first public performance at age nine. 1811īorn in Doborján/Raiding (Sopron) on October 22, son of an official in the service of Prince Esterházy. Important, too, are his sacred and secular choral works and songs. His immense musical oeuvre comprises, above all else, works for solo piano, including numerous transcriptions he also devised the symphonic poem. The most famous piano virtuoso of the nineteenth century is regarded as the most influential artist and composer (with Berlioz, Wagner) of the so-called New German School.
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