By Frank Cooper From The Musical Heritage Society Review 392 Vol. 11 No. 14 1987 Johann Nepomuk Hummel (14 November 1778 – 17 October 1837) Nineteen years ago, mine was the privilege to create the first-ever Festival of Neglected Romantic Music (at Butler University, Indianapolis). What an exciting project it was! During my decade as its director, the Festival explored and re-­premiered dozens and dozens of big works by such then-unplayed composers as Alkan, Bourgault-Ducoudr

Mattheus Smits recalls: 'After finishing my professional music education in Holland, I decided to continue my piano studies with a private teacher. Thanks to his son Erik Ligtelijn, I came in touch with Johan Ligtelijn who taught privately in Amsterdam in his house next to the Concertgebouw. After finishing his pianos tudies in Amsterdam, Johan Ligtelijn had studied with Walter Gieseking in Hanover and later in Wiesbaden. Johan Ligtelijn also studied privately with the Liszt