August Winding

August Winding (24 March 1835 – 16 June 1899) was a Danish pianist, teacher and composer.

[1] His father was a clergyman who collected and arranged Danish folk songs, and also an excellent pianist who became his son's first music teacher.

He stayed there at the house of Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann and was given piano lessons by Carl Reinecke until the latter’s departure for Paris in 1848, and then by Anton Rée (1820-1886),[2] who had been an acquaintance of Frédéric Chopin.

In 1867 he injured his arm through overwork, which forced his retirement as a performer but also enabled him to devote himself to composing.

His music was for many years virtually forgotten, apart from some hymn tunes, but attention is now being paid to his major works.