Background
BERGER, Francesco was born in 1834. Father, Austrian; mother, Bavarian.
BERGER, Francesco was born in 1834. Father, Austrian; mother, Bavarian.
Munich, Trieste, and Leipzig. Pupil of Ricci, Plaidy, Carl Lickl, Thalberg, Hauptmann.
Pianist and Composer. Operas, masses, pianoforte works, overtures, songs, duets, trios, part-songs, violin pieces, ’cello pieces, etc. A pianoforte primer “First Steps at the Piano”.
Suite for Piano, Album with portrait. Personal friend of the late Charles Dickens, and composer of the over tures and incidental music to “ The Lighthouse” and “The Frozen Deep,” plays written by Wilkie Collins, and acted by Dickens and his party of friends. Played in public when 8, and ever since.
Professor of Pianoforte at Royal Academy of Music, and at the Guildhall School of Music. Director of the Philharmonic Society, and Honourable Secretary to same. Member of the Incorp.
Society of Musicians. Honourable Royal Academy of Music.
No time for any; busy teaching, composing, editing.