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Georges Jean Pfeiffer French pianist and composer
Versailles, 12.12.1835 - Paris, 14.02.1908
His first music teacher was his mother who was a first class pianist of the school of Kalkbrenner, but later followed lessons in composition by Maleden and Damcke. In 1862 he had great success with his operetta Capitaine Roche and at the Paris Conservatoire concerts.
He later succeeded his father Emile Pfeiffer as a partner in the piano firm of Pleyel, Wolff et Cie, Paris. His great-uncle J. Pfeiffer had been a pioneer of piano making in Paris.
Georges Pfeiffer's compositions include a symphony, chamber music (a quintet, trios and sonatas) concertos, the symphonic poem Jeanne d'Arc, the oratorio Agar and an ouverture to Corneille's Cid. Besides he composed a great deal of piano music (som important studies) and the operas L'Enclume (1884) and Le Legataire universel (1901).
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