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Immanuel Liebich, HELP NEEDED
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 11:41 pm
by musical-md
Hello,
I'm trying to find biographical information on this composer, but am not finding anything. All I know is that he flourished c.1860. Can anyone provide help? He might be listed in a 1st or 2nd edition of Grove's, but I have no access to same. Thanks for any help.
Eddy
Re: Immanuel Liebich, HELP NEEDED
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 12:23 am
by fredbucket
musical-md wrote:I'm trying to find biographical information on this composer, but am not finding anything.
He is not in the latest edition of Grove to my knowledge, but I do have one of his pieces...
liebich-smallwood - the musical box.pdf
Regards
Fred
Re: Immanuel Liebich, HELP NEEDED
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 4:10 am
by musical-md
Nor is he in the 3rd edition, which I was able to check. The Smallwood version is a simplified (and transposed) version. The original may be purchased from the Australian National Library.
Re: Immanuel Liebich, HELP NEEDED
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 8:34 am
by Jean-Séb
You will find some information here on this genealogical page, in response to a question by one of his offspring.
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/t ... 1232233898
Here is an article after a concert in London where he played the Musical Box mentioned above, with much success:
http://books.google.fr/books?id=2m8PAAA ... ch&f=false
I also saw through Google that he was always looking for piano pupils, filed several patent applications relative to piano, and was declared in bankruptcy.
His son Franz Liebich was also a pianist and composer. He seems to have been among the first ones to play some of Debussy's works in London.
Re: Immanuel Liebich, HELP NEEDED
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 9:27 am
by alfor