Music Of The Great Composers --

Gustav Albert Lortzing Lortzing was born in Berlin, October 23, 1801, and died there January 21, 1851. His father was an actor, and the wandering life prevented him from getting an adequate musical education, through he studied for a time under Rungenhagen. However, he acquired some skill with the piano, violin and violoncello. He studied the works of Albrechtsberger and soon began to compose, at the same time singing and acting on the stage. He produced his first o..