Hullmandel, Nicholas Joseph

1751-1823

Born in Strasburg; a nephew of Rodolphe, the celebrated performer on the horn; he became a famous pianist and performer on the harmonica. His first study was in the cathedral of his native town, afterwards in Hamburg under Philipp Emanuel Bach. He traveled in Italy, going in 1776 to Paris, where he lived for ten years. There he introduced the German style of playing pianomusic and became a fashionable teacher. He went to London, having lost much property during the French Revolution, and died there. Some of his works rank among the best of his time; piano trios, sonatas, also sonatas for violin with piano, airs and variations for piano alone.