Nicodé, Jean-Louis

NICODÉ, Jean-Louis, a pianist and composer of Polish birth, well known in Germany. He was born at Jerczik near Posen, in 1853, was brought at an early age to Berlin by his father, an amateur of music, who, after losing his property, earned a living by his violin playing. Jean-Louis received musical instruction in Berlin, resided there for some years as a teacher and executant, and was offered in 1879 a professorship at the Dresden Conservatoire. Nicodé held this post...