Introduction

Biography

Johann was the son of Fried­rich Au­gust Burg­müll­er and The­rese von Zandt, and bro­ther of Au­gust Jo­seph Nor­bert Burg­müll­er. His fa­ther and broth­er were both mu­si­cians, and his mo­ther was a pia­nist and sing­er.

He moved to Kas­sel in 1829 to stu­dy un­der Lud­wig Spohr and Mor­itz Haupt­mann. There he ap­peared as a pi­an­ist for his first con­cert, Ja­nu­ary 14, 1830.

In 1832, he moved to Pa­ris, where he stayed the rest of his life. There, he adopt­ed Pa­ri­sian mu­sic and de­vel­oped his trade­mark light play­ing style.

He wrote ma­ny piec­es of sa­lon pi­ano mu­sic, and pub­lished sev­er­al al­bums. He al­so went on to com­pose pi­ano études in­tend­ed for child­ren.