About Carl Kölling
Lived 1831 – 1914 (aged 82–83). Carl Kölling was a German composer and teacher.
Carl Kölling (28 February 1831 3 May 1914) was a German composer of piano music.
Two works available for the intermediate piano student are (Lose Blätter) Flying Leaves in C Major, Op. 147, No. 1 and Fluttering Leaves in A Minor, Op. 147, No. 2 found in Masterpieces with Flair published by Alfred Publishing Company, Inc.
Hungary (Rapsodie Mignonne), Op. 410, is in Your Favorite Solos for Piano compiled and edited by George Walter Anthony from Th. Presser.
Biography Kölling was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1831 to a musical family. He was taught by Jacob Schmitt and moved to Chicago, United States in 1878. In the US, he worked as a pianoforte teacher.
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German composer of piano music (1831-1914)
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Carl Kölling was born in 1831 in Hamburg.
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Carl Kölling died in 1914 in Chicago.
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Carl Kölling was a composer and teacher.
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Carl Kölling was German.
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