Show teachers of the french conservatoire the piano playing of the french nation has been ably educated by that noble institution the conservatoire oi paris which was founded during the great revolution the firsti teacher was adam father of the composer of de his pupil zimmermann long occupied the leading place in paris musical circles it was at his salons that Mos cheles and thalberg first made their bow to a parisian andi r e kalkbrenner continued the great traditions of the past his contemporaries of him in the most glowing terms and his favorite pupil had the good fortune of guiding the musical genius of gottschalk music |