Henry Litolff
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Henry Charles Litolff (6 February 1818–August 5, 1891) was a keyboard virtuoso and composer of Romantic music. Litolff was born in London, the son of a Scottish mother and an Alsatian father. His father was a violinist who had been taken to London as a prisoner after being captured while fighting for Napoléon in the Peninsular War. Litolff began his musical education under his father, but when he was twelve he played for the pianist Ignaz Moscheles, who was so impressed that he gave him free l
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Henry
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- Colombes
- Occupation
- music publisher
- Languages spoken
- French
- Student of
- Ignaz Moscheles
- Genre
- opera
- Movement
- Romantic music
- Instrument
- piano
- Image
- Henri litolff 2.jpg
- Work location
- Brunswick
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- Henry Litolff
- date of birth
- 1818-00-00
- date of death
- 1891-00-00
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- Henry Litolff
- name in native language
- Henry Litolff
- birth name
- Henry Charles Litloff
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Works in European collections
3 objects attributed to Henry Litolff, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana