{{short description|German pianist and composer}}
'''Franz Kullak''' (12 April 1844 – 9 December 1913) was a German classical pianist and composer.
== Life == Born in Berlin, Kullak, the son of Theodor Kullak, studied at his father's {{Ill|Neue Akademie der Tonkunst|de}} in Berlin, which he continued after his father's death in 1882 and dissolved in 1890.<ref>[https://www.bach-cantatas.com/Lib/Kullak-Franz.htm Franz Kullak (Composer, Arranger)] on Bach Cantatas website</ref><ref>[https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL1258474A/Franz_Kullak Franz Kullak] on Open Library</ref> As a teaching work he published: * ''Der erste Klavierunterricht'' * ''Der Fortschritt im Klavierspiel'' * ''Die Harmonie auf dem Klavier''
He composed the grand opera in 5 acts ''Ines de Castro'' (Berlin 1877), a jubilee overture, piano pieces and Lieder. In addition, he arranged numerous orchestral works (among others by Mozart and Beethoven<ref>[https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1633274.Franz_Kullak Franz Kullak] on Goodreads</ref>) for piano and worked as a music critic and editor.<ref>[https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/kullak-franz Kullak, Franz] on Encyclopedia.com</ref><ref>[https://www.hickeys.com/music/text_and_trade_books/books_about_instruments/piano_organ_and_keyboard/products/sku097989-kullak-franz-beethovens-piano-playing.php Kullak, Franz Beethoven's Piano Playing] on Hickeys.com</ref>
Kullak died in Berlin at the age of 69.<ref>[https://www.italianopera.org/compositori/K/c219025F.htm Franz Kullak] on Italiano opera.org</ref>
== Publications == * [http://archive.org/stream/dervortraginderm00kull#page/n5/mode/2up ''Der Vortrag in der Musik am Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts'']. F. E. C. Leuckart publisher, Leipzig 1898. Neuauflage Verlag: Kessinger Pub Co. 2010. {{ISBN|978-1-1677-5604-7}} * [http://archive.org/stream/beethovenspianop00kull#page/n5/mode/2up ''Beethoven's piano-playing, with an essay on the execution of the trill: written as an introduction to a new critical edition of Beethoven's piano-forte concertos'']. Übersetzt aus dem Deutschen von Theodore Baker. Verlag: G. Schirmer, New York 1901 * Concert op. 19, B flat major, no. 2, with fingering and the complete orchestral accompaniment transcribed for pianoforte. Publisher: Steingräber, Leipzig 1885 * Concert D moll für Pianoforte. Publisher: Steingräber, Leipzig 1888 * Konzerte für Pianoforte / Beethoven; with fingering and the complete orchestral accompaniment transcribed for pianoforte. Publisher: Steingräber, Leipzig 1889 * Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concertos for the Piano. (Two Pianos, Four Hands) Verlag: G. Schirmer, New York, 1986. {{ISBN|978-0-7935-6499-6}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{DNB portal|116607092}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kullak, Franz}} Category:German Romantic composers Category:19th-century German composers Category:19th-century German male composers Category:German music critics Category:1844 births Category:1913 deaths Category:Musicians from Berlin