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Adolph Von Henselt

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(1814-1889)

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       My name is Noam Ben-Hamou. I am 23 years of age from Portland Oregon, originally from Israel. I moved to the united states when I was 12 years old. Currently studying to be a commercial pilot. I hold a private pilot certificate with an instrument rating. Big news! I just received my Commercial Pilot / Multi-engine rating!!!!!!!! As you can tell I'm crazy about Adolf Henselt and I think more people should be too! Check out my recording studio:

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About Henselt:

        So why isn't Adolf Henselt still known? Some say because he didn't write enough. If you research Adolf Henselt you would most likely run into this kind of biography. This link is from www.classical-composers.org and you would think the information is accurate. Most websites and even books mentioning Adolf Henselt would claim he wrote only wrote etudes, and a piano concerto. So why isn't he famouse now? Because he barely wrote any music right? Well, actually, those sources couldn't be more wrong! He wrote so much more than most realize. Impromptus, Nocturnes, Preambles, Ballades, Duos, Trios, and many many more pieces for piano that are simply not categorized as the 12 waltzes, or the four scherzos. I am a fan of Chopin and Schumann. But sometimes in the middle of a chopin piano concerto i can just fall asleep. With Adolf Henselt it never happens. His music is amazing from start to finish, and if it wasn't, he did not write it down. Liszt knew it, Chopin knew it, and Schumann definatly knew it. There are several quotes of Schumann commenting on Adolf Henselt's music. Comments that potrey envy towards Adolf Henselt's compositions. The following quote is regarding Henselt's four Impromptus:

"It has been years since a musical composition has done me as much good as the one I recently heard..." (Robert Schumann to Henselt on August 7, 1837)

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