Background
Adolf von Henselt Henselt was born at Schwabach, in Bavaria on 12 May 1814.
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Adolf von Henselt Henselt was born at Schwabach, in Bavaria on 12 May 1814.
At three years old he began to learn the violin, and at five the pianoforte under Frau v. Fladt.
With financial help from King Ludwig I of Bavaria, he studyied under Johann Nepomuk Hummel in Weimar for some months. In 1832, he went to Vienna, where, besides studying composition under Simon Sechter (the later teacher of Anton Bruckner), he was successful as a concert pianist.
On obtaining financial help from King Louis I he went to study under Hummel in Weimar, and thence in 1832 to Vienna, where, besides studying composition under Simon Sechter, he made a great success as a concert pianist.
St Petersburg was his home practically until his death, which took place at Warmbrunn on the 10th of October 1889.
The characteristic of Henselt's playing was a combination of Liszt's sonority with Hummel's smoothness.
It was full of poetry, remarkable for the great use he made of extended chords, and for his perfect technique.
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In 1837, he settled at Breslau, where he had married Rosalie Vogel—but the following year migrated to Saint Petersburg, where previous visits made him welcome