Johann Nepomuk Hummel (14 November 1778 – 17 October 1837) was an Austrian composer and pianist. His music reflects the transition from the Classical to the Romantic musical era.
Agnus-Dei recently found that Hanon wrote a piece for organ but I feel this piece is maybe the closest Hummel got to the genre. Amongst the pianistic flourishes of Opus 125 is this chordal work that looks like organ music and adapts well to adding pedal, manual changes and organ registration.
He was among Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri’s best students. He also studied under Joseph Haydn. Hummel significantly influenced later piano music of the nineteenth century, particularly in the works of Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt, and Felix Mendelssohn.
Hummel was born in Pressburg, Kingdom of Hungary (now Bratislava, Slovakia).
Hummel's music took a different direction from that of Beethoven. Looking forward, Hummel stepped into modernity through pieces such as his Piano Sonata in F-sharp minor, Op. 81, cherished by Robert Schumann, and his Fantasy, Op. 18, which would have a major influence for Schubert's Wanderer Fantasy, for piano.
His most well known work is the trumpet concerto here,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4RJMUHu5lM
His piano concertos are great too;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsY62_jd12g
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