A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Landsberg, Ludwig

LANDSBERG, Ludwig, a German musician, native of Breslau, who went to Rome and remained there for 24 years, teaching the piano and amassing a wonderful collection of music, both printed and MS. On his death, at Rome May 6, 1858, his library was taken, part to Berlin and part to Breslau, and a catalogue of the ancient portion was printed (Berlin, 1859, imprimé chez Ernest Kühn)—whether the whole or a part, does not appear. It contains compositions by more than 150 musicians of the old Italian and Flemish schools, down to Casali. M. Fétis, however, who had received a MS. catalogue of the collection from Landsberg during his life, insists upon the fact that many of the most important works have disappeared. The catalogue itself does not appear to be any longer in the Fétis Library, which is now at Brussels.

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