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Ignaz Bruell

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Ignaz Bruell · Arts & Literature

What

Pianist and composer

When

1846, Prostějov (Prossnitz), Moravia — 1907, Vienna, Austria

Where

Austria

Biography

Ignaz Bruell is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Pianist and composer

How & why

Ignaz Brüll was a Moravian-born pianist and composer active in Vienna, best remembered for his opera Das goldene Kreuz and for his career as a concert pianist. A close friend of Johannes Brahms, he often premiered Brahms's works in private piano performances. He was Jewish, born into a Jewish merchant family.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music

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Pianist and composer

1846

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music