Johann Kaspar Mertz

Johann Kaspar Mertz was an Austro-Hungarian guitarist and composer. Mertz's guitar music, unlike that of most of his contemporaries, followed the pianistic models of Liszt, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Schubert and Schumann, rather than the classical models of Mozart and Haydn, or the bel canto style of Rossini.
Name | Johann Kaspar Mertz |
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Country | Austria-Hungary |
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Birth place | Pressburg |
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Death place | Vienna |
Music time period | Romantic |
Instruments | guitar |