Jean Louis Nicodé - Erste Begegnung (from 10 Poems, )

This piece starts a little story of: “A Love-Life“ , a set of 10 very beautiful and very nicely crafted romantic compositions by the prussian composer Nicode (1853-1919), which were published in 1880. Hopefully I can play all of them... He was born in Jersitz (Jeżyce) (now part of Poznań). He was initially taught by his father, an amateur violinist, pianist, conductor and composer. He entered the New Academy of Music in Berlin in 1869, where he studied piano under Theodor Kullak, harmony under Würst and counterpoint and composition with Kiel. He became a teacher, and established the Nicodé Concerts. He accompanied Désirée Artôt on a concert tour of Galicia and Romania, then became professor at the Royal Conservatory in Dresden. Nicodé married Fanny Kinnell (1864-1916) in 1887. In 1888 he devoted himself entirely to composition. I like Nicode’s music a lot. Almost everything I have played from him so far seems very well thought-out, serious