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Ferdinand Thieriot
Piano Quartet No.1 in e minor, Op.9
Ferdinand Thieriot (1838-1919), five years younger than Brahms, was not only born in Hamburg, but also studied with the same teacher, Eduard Marxein. The two knew each other from their Hamburg days and remained on friendly terms. After Hamburg, Thieriot, continued his studies with Carl Gottlieb Reissiger in Dresden and then finished in Munich with Joseph Rheinberger after which he moved to Vienna where his friend Brahms was instrumental in helping him obtain the position of Styrian Music Director in the provincial capital of Graz where he worked between 1870-85. Later, Thieriot held important positions in Leipzig and Hamburg where he remained from 1902 until his death. For the most part, Thieriot, like Brahms, remained true to the classical traditions which preceded him and took Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn and Schumann as his models. Only toward the end of his life did he his work show some of the influence of the "New German Music" of Wagner and Liszt.
His Piano Quartet No.1 in e minor dates from 1863 while he was working as a teacher in Hamburg. The work was published by his father-inlaw, Ernst Berens, owner of a Hamburg music publishing firm. The opening Allegro vivace shows the influence of his teachers, Marxsen and Reissiger. There are echoes of Mozart, Schubert and Carl Maria von Weber to be heard in this beautiful movement. A delicate, Mozartian, Andante follows. The third movement is a dance-like, Menuetto allegretto. A singing, more lyrical trio section provides a nice contrast. The tuneful finale, Allegro con moto, provides a fitting close to this appealing work.
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