Piano Sonata, Op.8
Sonata · Op. 8
Norbert Burgmüller 1810–1836
Sonata
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Op. 8
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Themes & character
A tragically short career·Schumann's lament·Serious ambition·Died at 26
At a glance
- Catalogue
- Op. 8
- Form
- Sonata
About the piece
A sonata by Norbert Burgmuller, the younger brother of the Friedrich Burgmuller whose teaching studies every piano student knows, and a composer of a completely different order of ambition.
He died in 1836 at twenty six, apparently after an epileptic seizure while bathing. Schumann wrote that after Schubert's early death, none was more deplorable than Burgmuller's, and Schumann completed the scherzo of his unfinished second symphony as a memorial.
The composer
Norbert Burgmüller
1810–1836
August Joseph Norbert Burgmüller was a German composer, renowned for his contributions during the nascent stages of the Romantic Era. His oeuvre, albeit cut tragically short due to his untimely drowning at the age of 26, continues to resonate in the annals of classical music.
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