Composer

Johann Kaspar Mertz

Hungarian guitarist and composer (1806–1856)

1806–1856

145 works and musical collections

Born: 1806
Died: 1856
Birthplace: Bratislava
Place of death: Vienna
Citizenship / historical state: Austrian Empire
Period (estimated from birth year): Romantic

Biography

Johann Kaspar Mertz — Hungarian guitarist and composer (1806–1856). Johann Kaspar Mertz was born in 1806 in Bratislava. The recorded year of death is 1856; place of death: Vienna. The biographical record lists citizenship or historical state as Austrian Empire.

Life and musical career

Occupations: composer; guitarist; classical guitarist; music arranger
Instruments played: guitar
Genres: classical music
Birth name: Caspar Joseph Mertz
Languages used: German; Czech
VIAF ID: 46947173
ISNI: 0000000083797289
GND ID: 118934503
Library of Congress ID: n82139112
MusicBrainz ID: 5aa2d2d8-85e4-48f0-b619-afc54ccc91b7

Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments: Guitar
Source entries with composition dates: 1

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

Sheet music catalogue page 1 of 4

Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.

Works and musical collections with sheet music details
Title	Work details	Listed instruments	Sheet music
Andantino	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Ständchen	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Tarantelle	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Lied Ohne Morte	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Barcarole, Op.41	Catalogue / opus Op.41	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Fantasie	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Etude	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Nachtviolen, Op.2	Catalogue / opus Op.2	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
2 Polonaise & Mazurkas	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Fingals-Hohle (Fingal's Cave)	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Liebeslied (Lovesong)	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Romanze	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Unruhe (Restlessness)	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Walzer	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
La Rimembranza	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
1. Elegie, Op. 24	Catalogue / opus Op. 24 Year composed 1883	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
3 Duos for 2 Guitars Op,38	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
An Malvina (To Malvina)	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Polonaises Favorites (Du Prince M. Oginski)	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Mazurka	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Vespergang	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Adagio	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Wasserfahrt am Traunsee	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Abendlied (Evening Song)	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Capriccio	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Elfenreigen (Dance of the Fairies)	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Fantaisie Hongroise op.65 No.1	Catalogue / opus op.65 No.1	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Moderato in a-minor	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Nocturne in C	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Concertino Per La Chitarra Sola	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Caprice Sur Un Theme Favori De C.M. De Weber	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Nänien Trauerlieder No. 1 - Guitar	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
J.K. Mertz - Original Compositions for Classical Guitar	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Divertissement on 'Rigoletto', Op.60	Catalogue / opus Op.60	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Etude in A major	Key in title A major	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Impromptu	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
3 Nocturnes, Op.4	Catalogue / opus Op.4	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
An die Entfernte (To my Distant one)	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Bardenklange op.13	Catalogue / opus op.13	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Fantaisie Originale op.65 No.2	Catalogue / opus op.65 No.2	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Le Gondolier op.65 No.3	Catalogue / opus op.65 No.3	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Fantasie Uber Webers Letzten Gedanken	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Lucia di Lammermoor, op.8 No.2	Catalogue / opus op.8 No.2	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Souvenir de Choulhoff - Guitar	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Fantasie Hongrois - Guitar	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Barcarole - Guitar	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Mazurka - Guitar	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Vespergang - Guitar	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details

Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. This short biography is assembled from the recorded facts. Authority record: VIAF 46947173. Portrait: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.