Suite: Introduction alla marcia-Intermezzo-Notturno-Capriccio.
Yet today, his name brings nothing but blank stares." This curious obscurity is borne out more than ever by the fact that Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians contains no article about him. His chamber music, mostly quartets and piano trios, were extremely popular not only amongst amateurs but also among touring professional groups who were always in need of a sure-fire audience pleaser.Įdition Silvertrust states that Bohm "was certainly very well-known during his life time. He occupied an important position in the musical commonwealth in as much as his publisher, Simrock, declared that the profits on his compositions provided the capital for the publication of those of Brahms." Bohm's specialty was music in a lighter vein, very different from the dark, brooding and introspective works of Brahms.īohm, like Schubert, was more than just a songwriter, composing in most genres. The Oxford Companion to Music says that Bohm was "a German composer of great fecundity and the highest salability.
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