The British Musical Biography

[E] Kollmann, George August, organist and
composer, born in London, 1780. Son of
Aug. F. C. Kollmann (1756-1829), musician
and author. He succeeded his father as
organist of the German Chapel Royal, St.
James's, 1829. Teacher in London, where
he died March 19, 1845. Composer of Three
Grand Sonatas for pf. , op. 1, 1808; Six
waltzes for the pf. . . , London [1814], etc.
He also invented a railway carriage, which
had the property of traversing the base of
hills, so as to avoid the need for tunnels ;
and a new mode of stringing and tuning
pianofortes. His sister, Johanna Sophia
(died, London, in May, 1849), succeeded him
as organist of the German Chapel Royal in
1845.

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