Wilhelm Kuhe

Wilhelm Kuhe (10 December 1823 – 8 October 1912) was a Czech pianist and piano teacher, composer and administrator born in the city of Prague (modern-day Czech Republic), in the first half of the nineteenth century.

Life He exhibited a precocious taste for music, and at the age of four picked out Paganini's melodies on the pianoforte from memory. He was taught music by Václav Tomášek, having Julius Schulhoff as a fellow student. He lived in Upper Austria in 1843–44, studying music and preparing for a concert tour with great success in 1844 at Linz, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Augsburg, Munich, and then at Stuttgart.

He published his memoirs, My Musical Recollections, in 1896; the book preserves a number of anecdotes about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart that Kuhe learned from Wenzel Swoboda, an elderly Prague double bass player who had performed under Mozart's direction.

List of works

Fantasias Fantasie on Sir Arthur Sullivan’s opera The Chieftain Fantasie brilliante on motifs from Bizet's Carmem Fantasie on motifs from Verdi's La Forza del Destino Fantasie on Verdi's opera La Traviata Grande fantasie de concert on Flotow's Martha Fantasia on Austrian Anthem Victoria Fantasia on National Anthem Fantasie on Meyerbeer's Dinorah Fantasia on Rule Britannia

Études Andante and etude Op. 14 Le Carillon Op. 13 Chanson d'Amour Romance sans Paroles Op. 17 Le Feu Follet, scherzo capriccioso Op. 38 Gondola Rosée du soir

Other works Lieder ohne Worte Op. 12 Galop di Bravura from Howard Glover’s opera Ruy Blas The Gipsies Revel Graziella, Op.60 Scène bohémienne, Op.138 Corbeille de Fleurs Valse