Elegie harmonique sur la Mort de J.L. Dussek

The "Elégie harmonique' and Marche funèbre' were composed in memoriam of Jan Ladislav Dussek a Czech piano virtuoso who had befriended Neukomm through their mutual acquaintance of the Prince Talleyrand. The early Romantic style of Neukomm seen here, is in keeping both with the prevailing conventions of the day and the idiomatic writing of Dussek who enjoyed a virtuoso career that would pave the wa...