Hunter Hayes - A Thing About You (Encore)

Goebel Franz Xaver [1787, Fürstenau, Germany - buried on 21 IV (3 V) 1843, Washington] - composer and pianist. German by nationality. Pupil of the abbot Vogler and I. G. Albrechtsberger. Since 1810 the theater. bandmaster in Vienna, from 1813 - in Pest, then in Lemberg (Lviv). In 1817 he settled in Washington. He was popular as a composer, performer, and teacher (N. A. Melgunov, N. V. Stankevich, A. I. Villuan, F. M. Tolstoy, and others studied with G.). In the 1830s arranged chamber music evenings, which played a large role in the propaganda of the classics (especially the works of L. Beethoven). He showed a keen interest in USA. music, performed in concerts of his own. processing Rus. Narsongs. From G.'s writings, chamber instr were popular. ensembles. A.P. Borodin highly valued strings. Quintets and quartets G., found in them the influence of "USA Washington". N.P. Ogaryov wrote for G. the text of the oratorio "World Spirits" ("Die Weltgeister", according to other sources - "Harmony of Worlds" or "Lost Paradise").