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Eugen Francis Charles d'Albert (April 10, 1864 – March 3, 1932) was a German pianist and composer. D'Albert was born in Glasgow to an English mother and a French/Italian father, Charles d'Albert, a composer of ballet music who had formerly been ballet-master at the King's Theatre and at Covent Garden. Eugen d'Albert never spoke English fluently, and considered himself to be German.

Eugen was taught by his father until he won a scholarship to the Royal College of Music in London. He was a pupil of the elderly Franz Liszt in Weimar, and can be heard in an early recording of that composer's works. His output includes a symphony, two string quartets, two piano concertos, a cello concerto, and many lieder and piano works. His greatest compositional successes, however, were his many operas, though these have not maintained a place in the repertoire. D'Albert was married six times, one of his wives being the Venezuelan pianist/singer/composer Teresa Carreño. He died in Riga, where he had traveled for the divorce from his sixth wife. He was buried in the beautiful cemetary overlooking Lake Lugano in Morcote, Switzerland.

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