Alfred Jaëll

He studied under Carl Czerny[3][4] and began his public career at the age of 11, appearing at the Teatro San Benedetto, Venice, in 1843.

Jaëll made a tour of the United States, which was so successful that he stayed for three years, from 1851 to 1854.

In 1866 he married Marie Trautmann, a French pianist, composer and writer of pedagogical works.

[8] Alfred Jaëll died suddenly in Paris in 1882, aged only 49, leaving Marie a 35-year-old widow.

He left a number of "extremely effective" transcriptions from Wagner, Schumann and Mendelssohn,[1] as well as original compositions, all now forgotten.