Eugène Ketterer

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Eugène Ketterer (1831 Rouen, France - December 18, 1870 Paris) was a French composer and pianist.

In early youth he was a student at the Paris Conservatoire, where he won Second Prize for solfege in 1847. After his graduation he became a successful concert pianist. He won wide repute for his fantasies and drawing room pieces, of which he wrote a large number, but only a few of which are now well known.

[edit] Works

• op. 7 - Grand Caprice Hongrois
• op. 21 - L'Argentine (The Little Silver Fish)
• op. 24 - Grand galop de concert
• op. 90 - La Châtelaine, valse
• op. 116 - Valse des fleurs
• op. 121 - Boute en train, galop de concert
• op. 151 - Souvenirs melodiques Les Puritains, Fantaisie pour le piano sur l'opéra de Bellini, dedicated to Miss Berthe Chevé
• op. 261 - Grande Fantaisie Brillante sur le Prophète, opéra de Meyerbeer, pour le piano, dedicated to Miss Suzanne de La Vigne