Gavotte & Tarantelle

Fritz Fuhrmeister is not listed in any standard musical reference books. According to F. Pazdírek's Universal-Handbuch der Musikliteratur Aller Zeiten und Völker, he composed other works, including Waltzer (opus 2) for piano duet, other works for piano duet, along with a large number of leider, most of which were published by very small publishing companies whose names are not familiar to the editors: Eisoldt, Bernard Siegel, Koeppen and Dr. Stern. Similarly, the original publisher of this facimile is not well known: Giessel.

Ferdinand Thieriot (1839-1919) was a North German composer, teacher, and choral conductor who worked in several cities, including Hamburg, Leipzig, and Graz. He was a pupil of Brahms teacher, Eduard Marxsen (1806-1887) in Hamburg and also Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901) in Munich. Thieriots primary instrument was the cello, and he performed as a soloist and was a member of several prominent string quartets. Theiriot received one of his positions, Artistic Director of the Musikverein in Graz (1870-1885), based in part on the recommendation of Brahms.