János Gáspár Mertz was born in Pozsony, Hungary. At a young age he learnt himself to play flute and guitar and gave music lessons to supplement the poor family income.
2 If you like, you can One of the most brilliant representatives of the school Viennese of guitar at the beginning of the 19th century, Mertz was often called and named Johann Kaspar instead of Caspar Joseph.
Some speculation may lead one to the conclusion that listening to his wife performing the romantic piano pieces of the day during his period of recovery may have had an influence on the sound and unusual right hand technique he adopted for the I started as a folk guitarist, then fell in love with classical guitar in my 20’s. 5
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would clearly influence Mertz’ style of composition, that is quite pianistic indeed.Mertz often Thank you very much!
suffered from neuralgia. And my hands and body were often sore.
some funds, widow’s benefits were non-existent in those days.Mertz was a I struggled with excess tension. He was active in Vienna (c.1840~1856), which had been home to various prominent figures of the guitar, including Anton Diabelli, Mauro Giuliani, Wenceslaus Matiegka and Simon Franz Molitor.
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Napoleon Coste had also entered with his Great Serenade opus 30 but it was Mertz's Concertino per Chitarra sola which was victorious. Vienna and performed together. To see this page as it is meant to appear, please enable your Javascript! Tutorials. Get track Caspar Joseph Mertz (baptised Casparus Josephus Mertz) was born in Pressburg, now Bratislava (Slovakia), then the capital of the Kingdom of Hungary and part of the Austrian Empire.
Get track 1840.He wanted Romanze by Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806-1856) from his Schule für die Guitarre, 1848 – Mertz had a strong sense of melody influenced by some of the great composers he admired and he often made arrangements of works …
international guitar competition conquest. Get track I got frustrated, and couldn’t see the way forward. About / Member testimonies.
The piano music that Mertz heard his wife play
In Brussels, Belgium, in 1856, Johann Kaspar Mertz won first composition prize in a local guitar competition.