dam , ▁but ▁he ▁soon ▁went ▁abroad ▁again . ▁He ▁lived ▁and ▁worked ▁subsequently ▁in ▁Bas el , ▁Paris , ▁C ologne ▁and ▁The ▁H ague ▁to ▁finally ▁sett le ▁in ▁Stuttgart , ▁where ▁he ▁became ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁music ▁conserv atory . ▁ ▁De ▁L ange ▁be fri ended ▁many ▁fellow ▁compos ers , ▁including ▁Johannes ▁Bra h ms , ▁Max ▁Bru ch ▁and ▁Max ▁Reg er , ▁and ▁dedicated ▁compos itions ▁to ▁Friedrich ▁Gr üt zm acher ▁( 1 st ▁c ello ▁con cer to ), ▁Hugo ▁Be cker ▁( 2 nd ▁c ello ▁son ata ), ▁Charles - Marie ▁W idor ▁and ▁Johannes ▁Bra h ms . ▁ ▁De ▁L ange ▁introduced ▁re forms ▁in ▁the ▁education ▁of ▁music ▁in ▁C ologne , ▁Bas el , ▁and ▁Stuttgart ▁and ▁was , ▁with ▁his ▁father , ▁instrument al ▁in ▁the ▁found ing ▁of ▁De ▁Nederlandse ▁Bach ver enig ing . ▁In ▁ 1 8 7 1 , ▁he ▁played ▁the ▁first ▁performance ▁in ▁the ▁Netherlands ▁of ▁Bra h ms ' ▁ 1 st ▁piano ▁con cer to . ▁ ▁Samuel ▁de ▁L ange ▁Jr . ▁died ▁in ▁his ▁residence ▁town ▁of ▁Stuttgart ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 7 0 . ▁ ▁Compos itions ▁De ▁L ange ' s ▁musical ▁style ▁was ▁influenced ▁by ▁Bach ▁and ▁Be eth oven , ▁among ▁others . ▁His ▁earlier ▁works ▁are ▁a kin ▁to ▁those ▁by ▁Sch umann ▁and ▁M end els so hn , ▁while ▁his ▁later ▁works ▁are ▁closer ▁to ▁those ▁of ▁Bra h