Johann Peter Pixis (10
February 1788 22 December 1874) was a German pianist and composer
born in Mannheim
, Germany
.
He lived in Paris between 1825 and 1845, where he worked as a
concert pianist.
In 1845 he moved to Baden-Baden
where he taught piano until his death.
Among his many musical works, he was involved with the composition
in 1837 of
Hexaméron (six
composers contributed, and the third variation on
Bellini's theme is by Pixis). An earlier
collaborative work, from 1819-1823 (this time involving 51
composers) was
Vaterländischer
Künstlerverein, an anthology of variations on a waltz by
Anton Diabelli, which also included
Ludwig van Beethoven's
Diabelli
Variations.
External links