The New International Encyclopædia/Burmeister, Richard

BURMEISTER, Richard (1860—) . A German-American pianist and composer, born in Hamburg. He studied under Liszt in 1881-84, made concert tours through Europe in 1883-85, and from 1885 to 1897 was the head of the piano department of the Peabody Institute in Baltimore. From 1897 to 1899 he was director of the Scharwenka Conservatory in New York City. His compositions include a concerto in D minor for pianoforte and orchestra, a ballade for pianoforte, an arrangement for pianoforte and orchestra of Liszt's Concerto pathétique for two pianofortes, The Chase After Fortune (described as a ‘symphonic fantasy’) for orchestra, and a reorchestration of Chopin's F-minor concerto.