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Thanks to the publisher Gustav Heckenast, who in 1857 bought the rights to publish all Volkmann's works in exchange for regular income regardless of sales, Volkmann was able to fully dedicate himself to composition, until Heckenast closed down his Budapest publishing house in the early 1870s.
50:. His father, a music director for a church, trained him in music to prepare him as a successor. Thus, Volkmann learned to play the organ and the piano with his father, studied violin and cello with Friebel, and by age 12, he was playing the cello part in string quartets by 134:
From the 1870s Volkmann slowed down and composed very little. From 1875 until his death, he was professor of harmony and counterpoint at Budapest's National Academy of Music, where Liszt was the director.
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When he finished his studies, he began working as voice teacher at a music school in
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After a short period of freelance work, he became the choirmaster and organist of a
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who encouraged him in his studies. They met again several times after that.
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Robert Volkmann String Quartet Nos. 1, 4 & 5, & Piano Trio No. 1
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While visiting Vienna in 1864, Volkmann became acquainted with
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in 1848. He composed in virtual obscurity until 1852, when his
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Lommatzsch
Meißen
Kingdom of Saxony
Haydn
Mozart
Beethoven
August Ferdinand Anacker
Leipzig
Carl Ferdinand Becker
Robert Schumann
Prague
Budapest
Reform synagogue
Piano Trio
Franz Liszt
Hans von Bülow
Vienna
Johannes Brahms
List of compositions by Robert Volkmann
Gilman, D. C.
"Volkmann, Robert" 
New International Encyclopedia
Austrian Music Dictionary
Robert Volkmann String Quartet Nos. 1, 4 & 5, & Piano Trio No. 1
Free scores by Robert Volkmann
International Music Score Library Project
Mutopia Project
Robert Volkmann
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