Tag Archives: 1846

Carolus Antonious Fodor was a composer and pianist who studied in Mannheim, Paris and probably Russia. As an associate from the Fodor family members he became quite important in Amsterdam. Musical parts attracted from his pencil included piano concertos, symphonies, quartets and chamber music.

Arrested through the St. Daniel’s Evening uprising that swept through Madrid in 1865, Federico Chueca is at prison when he composed the waltz, “A Prisoner’s Lament. Orchestrated by Francisco Asenjo-Barbieri, who transformed the name to “Cupid And Esculapius, the tune became a springboard for Chueca’s following success. 3 years afterwards, …