Introduction

Biography

At an early age, Blu­men­thal stu­died un­der Fried­rich Wil­helm Grund of Ham­burg, Carl Ma­ria von Boc­klet, and Si­mon Sech­ter.

In 1846, he en­rolled at the Con­ser­va­toire in Pa­ris, where he stu­died pi­ano un­der Hen­ri Herz and Fro­men­tal Ha­lé­vy.

In 1848, Blu­men­thal moved to Lon­don, where he even­tu­al­ly be­came pi­an­ist to Queen Vic­to­ria, and was in de­mand as a teach­er.

He com­posed a num­ber of works, the most po­pu­lar of which were short pi­ano piec­es and songs, in­clud­ing The Mes­sage.

His wi­dow, Lé­on­ie Sou­vor­off Gore Blu­men­thal, as­signed the co­py­rights for his mu­sic to the Roy­al So­cie­ty of Mu­si­cians.