Joseph Ascher

He started his musical studies in London and continued them at the Leipzig Conservatory with Ignaz Moscheles as his teacher, but did not graduate.he died at age 40 His pianistic gifts were recognized by the Empress Eugénie of France, who asked him to become her court pianist in 1849.

In 1865, Ascher moved back to London, while in Paris he was succeeded as court pianist by Émile Waldteufel.

Brown (1886) regarded him as a "composer who, had he been more careful in his worldly relations, might have proved one of the greatest among recent musicians.

Brown (1886) wrote: "his music is more than commonplace, and many of his single pieces evince genius of a decidedly original turn.

: the piano] are in general brilliant and effective in character; while several of them show tokens of real genius inspiration.