author
Frederick Niecks
1845–1924
A German-born music scholar who made his career in Scotland, he is best remembered for influential biographies of Frédéric Chopin and Robert Schumann. His writing helped shape how later readers and musicians understood 19th-century Romantic music.
3 Audiobooks
Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Volume 1
by Frederick Niecks
Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Volume 2
by Frederick Niecks
Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Complete
by Frederick Niecks
About the author
Born in Düsseldorf on February 3, 1845, Frederick Niecks was trained as a violinist and later settled in Scotland, where he spent most of his working life. He became known not only as a teacher and critic, but as a careful, wide-ranging writer on music and musicians.
Niecks is especially remembered for his major studies of Frédéric Chopin and Robert Schumann. His books were among the earliest full-length English-language biographies of these composers, and they drew on extensive research that gave them lasting importance.
He was also closely connected with the University of Edinburgh, serving as Reid Professor of Music from 1891 to 1914. Frederick Niecks died in Edinburgh on June 24, 1924.