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Mayer was born in [[Königsberg]]. His father was a clarinetist who, soon after Charles's birth, moved to [[Saint Petersburg]] and four years later to [[Moscow]]. He received his early musical education from his mother, followed by extended studies with [[John Field (composer)|John Field]] (1782–1837), with whom he continued to study after the family returned to Saint Petersburg after the [[Fire of Moscow (1812)|Moscow fire of 1812]]. His first successful tour as a concert pianist in 1814 led him to Poland, Germany, Holland, and France, before he settled in Saint Petersburg in 1819. During another celebrated concert tour of 1845 he travelled through Scandinavia (where he became an honorary member of the [[Royal College of Music, Stockholm|Royal College of Music in Stockholm]]), Germany (Hamburg, Leipzig) and Austria (Vienna). Following the rise of [[Adolf von Henselt]] in Saint Petersburg, Mayer withdrew to Dresden in 1846, and died there.<ref>Barbara Boisits: "Mayer, Charles", in: ''Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart (MGG)'', biographical part, vol. 11 (Kassel: Bärenreiter, 2004), c. 1390.</ref> |
Mayer was born in [[Königsberg]]. His father was a clarinetist who, soon after Charles's birth, moved to [[Saint Petersburg]] and four years later to [[Moscow]]. He received his early musical education from his mother, followed by extended studies with [[John Field (composer)|John Field]] (1782–1837), with whom he continued to study after the family returned to Saint Petersburg after the [[Fire of Moscow (1812)|Moscow fire of 1812]]. His first successful tour as a concert pianist in 1814 led him to Poland, Germany, Holland, and France, before he settled in Saint Petersburg in 1819. During another celebrated concert tour of 1845 he travelled through Scandinavia (where he became an honorary member of the [[Royal College of Music, Stockholm|Royal College of Music in Stockholm]]), Germany (Hamburg, Leipzig) and Austria (Vienna). Following the rise of [[Adolf von Henselt]] in Saint Petersburg, Mayer withdrew to Dresden in 1846, and died there.<ref>Barbara Boisits: "Mayer, Charles", in: ''Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart (MGG)'', biographical part, vol. 11 (Kassel: Bärenreiter, 2004), c. 1390.</ref> |
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Mayer was a busy and successful teacher who is supposed to have taught some 800 pupils in Saint Petersburg.<ref>Boisits (2004), as above).</ref> He was reputed to have taken over the calm and musical (rather than virtuoso) technique established by Field. His most prominent pupils included the Russian pianist and composer [[Mikhail Glinka]]<ref>Famous Composers and Their Works By John Knowles Paine, Theodore Thomas</ref> and Polish composer [[Filipina Brzezinska-Szymanowska]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IvoQQU1QL_QC&q=Filipina+Brzezinska-Szymanowska+%281800%E2%80%931886%29&pg=PA91|title=The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers|first1=Julie Anne|last1=Sadie|first2=Rhian|last2=Samuel|year=1994 |
Mayer was a busy and successful teacher who is supposed to have taught some 800 pupils in Saint Petersburg.<ref>Boisits (2004), as above).</ref> He was reputed to have taken over the calm and musical (rather than virtuoso) technique established by Field. His most prominent pupils included the Russian pianist and composer [[Mikhail Glinka]]<ref>Famous Composers and Their Works By John Knowles Paine, Theodore Thomas</ref> and Polish composer [[Filipina Brzezinska-Szymanowska]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IvoQQU1QL_QC&q=Filipina+Brzezinska-Szymanowska+%281800%E2%80%931886%29&pg=PA91|title=The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers|first1=Julie Anne|last1=Sadie|first2=Rhian|last2=Samuel|year=1994|isbn=9780393034875|access-date=2 February 2011}}</ref> |
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