Anton Urspruch - 5 Morceaux

Dédiée à Franz Liszt (Tribute from his grateful pupil) Ana-Marija Markovina - Piano 00:00 Air 06:50 Impromptu 14:59 Romance 21:23 Caprice 26:52 Fantasie Anton Urspruch (1850-1907) was a German Composer. Urspruch was a pupil of Ignaz Lachner and Joachim Raff in Frankfurt, and later one of the favourite students of Franz Liszt in Weimar. In 1878 he was appointed one of the first teachers at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt when it opened there, teaching piano and composition and had friendly communication with Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms. After the death in 1882 of the Conservatory director Joachim Raff, Urspruch moved to the newly founded Raff-Konservatorium in Frankfurt, where he taught until his death.