Zimmermann, Pierre |
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BORN 19 Mar 1785, Paris - DIED 29 Oct 1853, Paris BIRTH NAME Zimmermann, Pierre Joseph Guillaume GRAVE LOCATION Paris: Auteuil Cimetière, Rue Claude Lorrain, Auteuil (division 09) |
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Pierre Zimermann was a the son of a piano maker. He studied piano with François-Adrien Boieldieu at the Conservatory in Paris and harmony with Charles Simon Catel. In 1800 he won a first prize for piano, beating Frédéric Kalkbrenner who came second. Zimmermann also studied composition under Cherubini. In 1816 he was appointed professor of piano at the Conservatory. In 1821 Zimmermann he was asked to succeed André-Frédéric Eler as professor of counterpoint, but he chose to concentrate on teaching the the piano. He taught Antoine-François Marmontel, Georges Bizet, Louis Lacombe, César Franck and many others. No less than 62 of his students won a First Prize in piano. Zimmermann organised musical evenings in which Franz Liszt, Frédéric Chopin, Sigismund Thalberg, Charles-Auguste de Bériot, Henriette Sontag and others performed. He had four daughters and his pupil Charles Gounod became his son in law after Gounod married his daughter Anna (1829-1907). Zimmermann died in 1853 in Paris and was buried at the Auteuil cemetery. The medal on his tomb was created by his daughter Juliette Dubufe (1822-1855). Related persons • was teacher of Bizet, Georges • was pupil of Boieldieu, François-Adrien • was teacher of Chéri, Victor • was pupil of Cherubini, Luigi • was teacher of Franck, César • was teacher of Gounod, Charles • is father-in-law/mother-in-law of Gounod, Charles • was painted by Gros, Antoine-Jean |
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 The grave of Pierre Joseph Zimmermann at the Auteuil Cemetery, Paris. Picture by Androom (04 Nov 2016) |
 The grave of Pierre Joseph Zimmermann at the Auteuil Cemetery, Paris. Picture by Androom (04 Nov 2016) |
