Franz Xaver Scharwenka was the younger brother (by three years) of another composer and teacher, Philipp Scharwenka. Neither of them had much formal musical education aside from what was given in their local schools in Posen, Poland. The family moved to Berlin in 1865, where they enrolled at the New Academy of Music. Xaver received piano lessons from Kullak, the head of the Academy, and made rapid progress. He debuted as a pianist at the Singakademie in 1869 and was hired to teach piano at the academy. He was drafted into the military in 1873 a...
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