Robert Volkmann - Konzertstück, Op. 42 (1862)

Friedrich Robert Volkmann, (Hungarian: Volkmann Róbert), (6 April 1815, Lommatzsch bei Meißen – 30 October 1883, Budapest) was a German composer. Please support my channel: Konzertstück, (1862) Dedication: Seinem Freunde Professor Jos. Dachs (perhaps Josef Dachs, 1825-1896) Jerome Rose, piano and the Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg conducted by Pierre Cao Robert Volkmann at first composed in virtual obscurity until 1852, when his Piano Trio in B-flat minor caught the ears of Franz Liszt and Hans von Bülow, who proceeded to play it several times all over Europe. In 1854 Volkmann moved to Vienna, only to return to Budapest in 1858. Thanks to the publisher Gustav Heckenast, who in 1857 bought the rights to publish all Volkmann’s works in exchange for regular income regardless of sales, Volkmann was able to fully dedicate himself to composition, until Heckenast closed down his Budapest publishing house in the early 1870s. While visiting Vienna in 1864, Volkmann became acquainted with Johannes Brahms, and they became close friends. In letters they addressed each other as “lieber Freund“ (“dear friend“). From the 1870s Volkmann slowed down and composed very little. From 1875 until his death, he was professor of harmony and counterpoint at Budapest’s National Academy of Music, where Liszt was the director. Volkmann died in Budapest on 30 October 1883.