John William Harmston
Biography
Biography -
Johanna Stange
Letter from Vice Consul of Her Britannic Majesty
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Some prints of his photographic work were commercially distributed by J. W. Kaibel
in Lübeck. Examples can be found in the publication “Zwischen Biedermeier und Gründerzeit
: Deutschland in frühen Photographien 1840-
However, John William is primarily remembered as a composer. He succeeded in teaching himself composition and as a composer he wrote piano music, pieces for violin, cello and songs. He became an instrumental composer of considerable ability and industry. Many of his pieces enjoyed popularity with his most popular piece being opus 22, the “Song of the Bird”.
He was a composer of an immense number of pianoforte pieces which were eagerly sought
after by the publishers of North Germany and which were chiefly printed by foreign
publishers. Altogether he produced about 240 works, mostly drawing-
Letters in the Lübeck archive show that, on a least two occasions, John William had the honour of providing temporary management of the Vice Consulate of Her Britannic Majesty in Lübeck.
John William Harmston died in Lübeck on 26th August 1881 and is buried in Burgtor-
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