Hugo Reinhold was an Austria

Austria

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n composer

Composer

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 and pianist

Pianist

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He was born and died in Vienna

Vienna

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. He was admitted to the Conservatorium der Musikfreunde, where he studied under Anton Bruckner

Anton Bruckner

Anton Bruckner was an Austrian composer known for his symphonies, masses, and motets. The first are considered emblematic of the final stage of Austro-German Romanticism because of their rich harmonic language, complex polyphony, and considerable length...

, Felix Dessoff

Felix Otto Dessoff

Felix Otto Dessoff was a German conductor and composer.-Biography:Dessoff was born in Leipzig and entered the conservatory there where he studied composition, piano and conducting with some of the foremost teachers of the day, including Ignaz Moscheles for piano and Moritz Hauptmann and Julius...

 and Julius Epstein

Julius Epstein

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, among others. He left the conservatory at the age of 20, and later taught piano

Piano

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 at the Akademie der Tonkunst in Vienna.

During his lifetime he was quite popular and his works were performed by the Vienna Philharmonic and the Hellmesberger Quartet

Hellmesberger Quartet

The Hellmesberger Quartet was a String Quartet formed in Vienna in 1849. It was founded by Joseph Hellmesberger, Sr. and was the first permanent named String Quartet.-Composition:...

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Some of his works include:

• Suite for piano and strings
• Prelude, Minuet and Fugue for strings
• String Quartet in A, Op. 18
• Impromptu in C minor, Op. 28, No. 3, for piano

External links

• www.kreusch-sheet-music.net - Free Scores by Reinhold
• Short biography