Meyer, Leopold von (called Leopold de Meyer)
Meyer, Leopold von (called Leopold de Meyer)
Meyer, Leopold von (called Leopold de Meyer), celebrated Austrian pianist; b. Baden, near Vienna, Dec. 20, 1816; d. Dresden, March 5, 1883. He studied with Czerny and Fischhof. At the age of 19, he embarked on a series of pianistic tours in Europe; also toured in America (1845–47). At his concerts he invariably included his own compositions, written in a characteristic salon style. His agents spread sensational publicity about him in order to arouse interest. A Biography of Leopold de Meyer was publ, in London in 1845.
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R. Lott, The American Concert Tours of L. d.M., Henri Herz, and Sigismond Thalberg (diss., City Univ. of N.Y., 1986).
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