See also:

• STEPHEN
• STEPHEN (1097?-1154)
• STEPHEN (ISTVAN) BATHORY (1533-1586)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES (1789-1859)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES FITZJAMES, BART
• STEPHEN, SIR LESLIE (1832-1904)

STEPHEN See also:

• STEPHEN HELLER (181 1888)

HELLER (181 1888)  , See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian pianist and composer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Pest on the 15th of May 1815 . (See also:

• FETIS, FRANCOIS JOSEPH (1784–1871)

Fetis's See also:

• DICTIONARY

dictionary says 1814, but this is almost certainly wrong.) He was at first intended for a lawyer, but at nine years of See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age performed so successfully at a See also:

• CONCERT (through the French from Lat. con-, with, and certare, to strive)

concert that he was sent to See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna to study under See also:

• CZERNY, KARL (1791–1857)

Czerny . See also:

• HALM, CARL FELIX (18o9-1882)

Halm was his See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master, and from the age of twelve he gave concerts in Vienna, and made a tour through See also:

• HUNGARY
• HUNGARY (Hungarian Magyarorszdg)

Hungary, See also:

• POLAND (Polish Polska, Ger. Polen), (see POLAND, RUSSIAN, below)
• POLAND, RUSSIAN

Poland and See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany . At See also:

• AUGSBURG
• AUGSBURG, CONFESSION OF
• AUGSBURG, WAR OF THE LEAGUE OF

Augsburg he had the See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune to be befriended when See also:

• ILL

ill by a wealthy See also:

• FAMILY

family, who practically adopted him and gave him the opportunity to See also:

• COMPLETE

complete his musical See also:

• EDUCATION

education . In 1838 he went to See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, and soon became intimate with See also:

• LISZT, FRANZ (1811-1886)

Liszt, See also:

• CHOPIN, FREDERIC FRANCOIS (1810-1849)

Chopin, See also:

• BERLIOZ, HECTOR (1803-1869)

Berlioz and their set, among whom was See also:

• HALLE (known as HALLE-AN-DER-SAALE, t0 distinguish it from the small town of Halle in Westphalia)
• HALLE, SIR CHARLES (originally KARL HALLE) (1819-1895)

Halle, throughout his See also:

• LIFE

life an indefatigable performer of See also:

• HELLER, STEPHEN (181 1888)

Heller's See also:

• MUSIC

music . In 1849 he came to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England and played a few times, and in 1862 he appeared with Halle at the Crystal See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

Palace . He outlived the See also:

• GREAT

great reputation he had enjoyed among cultivated amateurs for so many years, and was almost forgotten when he died at Paris on the 14th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1888 . His See also:

• PIANOFORTE (Ital. piano, soft, and forte, loud)

pianoforte pieces, almost all of them published in sets and provided with See also:

• FANCY (a shortened form, dating from the 15th century, of " fantasy," which is derived through the O. Fr. fantasie, modern fantaisie. from the Latinized form of the Gr. cbavraoia, Oavrai'ecv, Oat Pais, to show)

fancy names, do not show very startling originality, but their See also:

• GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
• GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )

grace and refinement could not but make them popular with players and listeners of all classes .