Ferdinand Hummel

Ferdinand Hummel was a German composer, harp player, pianist and conductor.

Adapted from the Wikipedia article on Ferdinand Hummel.

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The provided reference works consistently mention a “Hummel” as a significant teacher and composer, but they do not contain any specific biographical information for a composer named “Ferdinand Hummel.” Instead, the name “Hummel” appears in connection with several other musicians: Karl Maria von Bock’let, Christian Friedrich Ehr’lich, Heinrich En’cke, Ferdinand Gottfried Baake, and Sir Julius Benedict are all recorded as pupils of a “Hummel” (A Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 1900, 1905; Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 1886; Dictionary of Music, 1896). Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, a renowned contrapuntist and teacher, also numbered a “Hummel” among his prominent pupils (Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 1886; Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians, 1888). Furthermore, the works of a “Hummel” were known to other composers and performers; Glinka orchestrated a Nocturne and a “Revue nocturne” by Hummel (Biographie universelle des musiciens, 1880), and the distinguished pianist Arabella Goddard performed a concerto by Hummel in public (Biographie universelle des musiciens, 1880). The “Hummel” name is also associated with a well-known quintet for piano and wind instruments (Grove’s Dictionary, 1922). However, none of these entries provide any details about a “Ferdinand Hummel” specifically.