Description
Hummel Nachtstück op. 27
for cello, harp (or piano) and harmonium (or 2nd keyboard)
Ferdinand Hummel is not to be confused with the more famous pre-romantic figure J. N. Hummel who was a student of Mozart as a youth. This Hummel was a German composer who started his musical career as an accomplished harpist (a former harp prodigy, pupil of professor Zamara in Vienna). He became a successful conductor and opera composer in the German equivalent of Italian verismo style
