Theodor Kullak was born
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The Kinderleben (“Scenes from Childhood" or "Children's life”) is a collection of 12 short piano pieces, each representing a scene, titled at the beginning of the movement. This opus (Op. 62) was composed before a second collection with the same title and number of pieces (Op. 81).
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Theodor Kullak was 32 years old
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