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András Vermesy - Piano 00:00 Tempo giusto quasi fantasia 04:54 Allegro con agilitá Friedrich Kiel (1821-1885) was a German Composer. Wilhelm Altmann (German historian and musicologist), after mentioning Johannes Brahms and others, writes, “He produced a number of chamber works, which . . . need fear no comparison.” He praised Kiel highly as a melodist and lamented that it was “scandalously unjust” that Kiel’s two string quartets were as good as forgotten. Kiel eventually came to the attention of Prince Albrecht Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, a great music lover. Through the Prince's efforts, Kiel was allowed to study violin with the concertmaster of the Prince’s fine orchestra with which he later performed as a soloist. Kiel was also given theory lessons from the renowned flautist Kaspar Kummer.
