Background
Jacob Blumenthal was born on October 4 in 1826 in Hamburg, Germany.
Jacob Blumenthal was born on October 4 in 1826 in Hamburg, Germany.
He was a pupil of Grund in Hamburg then a pupil of Bocklet and Sechter in Vienna and Herz and Halevy at Paris Conservatory in 1846.
Blumenthal was a pianist to the Queen and a successful teacher.