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Eduard LangerEduard Leopol'dovich Langer (Эдуард Леопольдович Лангер), also known as Eduard Leont'evich Langer (Эдуард Леонтьевич Лангер) was a Russian pianist and teacher, born in Moscow on 21 April/3 May 1835. He was the son of Leopold Langer (1802-1885), a German organist, composer and teacher, who moved to Moscow in the 1820s, In 1860 Eduard began teaching piano classes in Moscow. He joined the staff of the Moscow Conservatory on its opening in 1866 as professor of piano - a position he would hold for the remainder of his life. His students would include Sergei Taneev, and the Tchaikovsky's future wife Antonina Miliukova. Langer made numerous arrangements of Tchaikovsky's works for piano, and in 1873 he received the dedication of the latter's Capriccioso (No. 5 of the Six Pieces, Op. 19). Eduard Langer died in Moscow on 24 April/7 May 1905, aged 70. |