Mayer, Charles
(1799–1862)
Mayer, Charles (3–21–1799, Königsberg [now Kaliningrad]; 7–2–1862, Dresden). German pianist, pedagogue, and comp. As a child was taken to Russia, where he studied with Field. Beginning in 1819, taught pf and theory in P. and concertized. Among his 800 pupils were Ral' and Glinka , who highly valued Mayer. Left Russia in 1845, after his fame had been eclipsed by Henselt's arrival in P. in 1838, and settled in Dresden (1850–62). Most of Mayer's 900 comp. are unremarkable “period pieces,” in the…