Johann Nepomuk Hummel
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Johann Nepomuk Hummel (born Pressburg November 14 1778; died Weimar October 17 1837 was an Austrian composer and pianist. He was a child prodigy. His family moved to Vienna when he was eight. Mozart thought he was so talented that he taught him free of charge. Hummel became one of the greatest pianists and composers in Europe. He always wrote in a Classical style, he never became an early Romantic like Beethoven.