PRAEGER

Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm (son of Henry Aloysius Praeger, violinist and composer). b. Leipsic 22 Jany. 1815; a student of the violoncello and of the piano at Lubeck to 1831; a teacher at the Hague 1831, and in London from 1834; an overture by him was given by the New Philharmonic Soc. conducted by Hector Berlioz 1852; his pianoforte trio was played at the first concert of the London orchestra; naturalised in England 19 Oct. 1854; performed at important concerts in London, Paris, and Leipsic; English correspondent of Neue Zeitschrift für Musik; he translated E. Naumann’s The history of music 1862; author of Wagner as I knew him 1892; edited F. Beyer’s Elementary instruction book for the piano 1854, and H. Rosellen’s Instruction book for the piano 1854; among his pupils were Madame de Pachman, Herr Schönberger, and Albert Jeffery; lectured before the Society of Arts on The fusion of the romantic and cla ical schools of music; he was the composer of Morceau brilliant pour le pianoforte, a quatre mains 1848; Elfenmärchen, a fairy tale for the piano 1852; Le Bui on pour piano 1858; Airs sung by the Christy minstrels 1860, six numbers; Old English airs 1860, six numbers; Francesca di Rimini, meditation pour piano 1874; 48 Tonstück für das Pianoforte 1880; Manfred prelude symphonique 1881; Sonata in G for piano and violoncello 1883; Six mélodies pour violin et piano 1889; Three sonatinas for the pianoforte 1889; Two quartets for two violins, violoncello and piano 1891; his name is attached to upwards of 100 pieces 1842–91, published in London, Dover, Brighton, and Leipsic. d. 23 Bracken bury road, Hammer smith, London 2 Sept. 1891. Biograph iv 242 (1880); I.L.N. 12 Sept. 1891 p. 334 portrait ; The Times 3 Sept. 1891 p. 7.