Franz von Oppersdorff (Oberglogau)

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Imperial Count Franz Joachim Wenzel von Oppersdorff , Freiherr auf Aich und Friedstein (born September 29, 1778 in Kopetzen near Prostiboř , Bohemia ; † January 21, 1818 in Berlin ) was a Silesian nobleman and lord of the village of Oberglogau .

Life

Oberglogau Castle , Upper Silesia

Oppersdorff was a son from the marriage of Count Franz Philipp von Oppersdorff (born February 9, 1750 in Schnedowitz , † November 27, 1831 in Oberglogau) with Anna Maria Freiin Schirndinger von Schirnding (born November 28, 1747 in Schönwald , † May 12 1802 in Oberglogau). He himself married Eleonora Freiin Skrbenský von Hříště on November 15, 1789 (* October 10, 1779 in Schönhof ; † July 6, 1857 in the widow's castle of Oppersdorffer in Schreibersdorf near Oberglogau, a star cross with whom he lived mainly at his castle in Oberglogau. He also had his own orchestra at the castle.

When Beethoven was staying with his patron Prince Karl Lichnowsky in Grätz near Troppau in the autumn of 1806 , both of them made a detour from there to Oberglogau, about 55 km away. Oppersdorff then commissioned Beethoven to compose the 4th and 5th symphonies , but Beethoven only dedicated the first of the two works to him.

Oppersdorff was also present when, in the autumn of 1806 - or at a later point in time - Beethoven's rift with Lichnowsky broke out in Grätz with serious consequences. After Beethoven refused to play in front of French soldiers, Lichnowsky physically attacked the composer, who then holed up in his room. As Ferdinand Ries reported, Beethoven “had already picked up the chair in order to break it on the prince's head in his own house after the prince had kicked the room door, which B. did not want to open, when Oppersdorf did not fall into his arms would".

An undated letter from Beethoven to Oppersdorff has survived, which was probably written in March 1808, shortly after Oppersdorff visited Vienna . It is about the payment of the 5th symphony , for which Beethoven is collecting a remaining claim of 300 guilders. In fact, he acknowledged Oppersdorff on March 29, 1808 that he had received 150 guilders. It is not known how high the agreed total was. On November 1, 1808, he again turned to Oppersdorff and asked for his understanding that he could not dedicate this work or the 6th Symphony to him. "Noth forced me to sell the symphony that was written for you and another one to someone else [!] - but be assured that you will soon receive the one that is intended for you". Alluding to the rift with Lichnowsky, he added: "My circumstances are improving - without the need for people who want to treat their friends with flails".

Coat of arms of the Oppersdorff family

family

The Oppersdorff couple had ten children:

  • Eduard von Oppersdorff (born October 20, 1800 in Oberglogau, † January 31, 1889 ibid). From 1829 he was first married to Countess Caroline Sedlnitzky von Choltitz , and his second marriage to Countess Julie Fanny Antoinette Karoline Henckel von Donnersmarck .
  • Marianne Eleonore von Oppersdorff (born September 3, 1801 in Oberglogau).
  • Mathilde Elise von Oppersdorff (born October 5, 1802 in Oberglogau).
  • Adelheid Ernestine Antonie von Oppersdorff (born March 9, 1804 in Oberglogau).
  • Martin Franz Christian von Oppersdorff (born April 3, 1805 + August 16, 1805 in Oberglogau).
  • Hugo von Oppersdorff (* March 22, 1808 in?)
  • Else Josepha Eleonore von Oppersdorff (* 11.11.1809 in Oberglogau)
  • Konstantin Georg von Oppersdorff (* 24.8.1811 + 15.6.1816 in Oberglogau)
  • Alexander Martin von Oppersdorff (* December 22nd, 1812 in Oberglogau)
  • Eleonore von Oppersdorff (* 1814 in Oberglogau, married von Strachwitz)

Numerous family members are buried in the Oppersdorff chapel of the Bartholomäuskirche in Oberglogau, built in the 16th century .

literature

  • Heinrich Reimann, Beethoven and Count Oppersdorf. A contribution to the history of the C minor symphony. In: Allgemeine Musikzeitung , vol. 15 (1888), no. 40, pp. 385–387
  • Theo Konietzny, Beethoven in Oberglogau. In: Der Oberschlesier , Jg. 7 (1925), Heft 3, S. 142-145 (with letters and receipts from Beethoven to Oppersdorff) ( digitized version )
  • Stephan Ley , Unpublished Portraits from Beethoven's Circle of Friends. In: Westermanns Monatshefte , Jg. 150 = 75 (1931), pp. 511-512 (portraits of the family of Johann Baptist von Puthon, by Franz von Oppersdorff and Vinzenz Hauschka)
  • Wilhelm Hans von Oppersdorff, family tables of the Counts of Oppersdorff , Frankfurt am Main 1968
  • Klaus Martin Kopitz , Ludwig Tieck's Beethoven Experience and Beethoven's falling out with Prince Lichnowsky. In: Österreichische Musikzeitschrift , vol. 53 (1998), pp. 16–23
  • Peter Clive, Beethoven and his World: A Biographical Dictionary , New York: Oxford University Press 2001, pp. 252f.
  • The Beethoven Lexicon , ed. by Heinz von Loesch and Claus Raab , Laaber 2008, p. 562f.
  • Church records parish church Oberglogau

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Life data according to Ignaz von Schönfeld, Adels-Schematismus des Österreichische Kaiserstaates , Vol. 2, Vienna 1825, p. 222 ( digitized version ); other sources give November 29, 1778 as the date of birth.
  2. ↑ Ibid
  3. ↑ Klaus Martin Kopitz , Rainer Cadenbach (Ed.) U. a .: Beethoven from the point of view of his contemporaries in diaries, letters, poems and memories. Volume 2: Lachner - Zmeskall. Edited by the Beethoven Research Center at the Berlin University of the Arts. Henle, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-87328-120-2 , pp. 711f.
  4. ^ Ludwig van Beethoven, Correspondence. Complete edition , Volume 2, ed. by Sieghard Brandenburg , Munich 1996, p. 12f.
  5. ↑ Ibid., P. 26

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personal data
SURNAME Oppersdorff, Franz von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Oppersdorff, Franz Joachim Wenzel von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Silesian nobleman and lord of the village of Oberglogau
DATE OF BIRTH September 29, 1778
PLACE OF BIRTH Kopetzen near Prostiboř , Bohemia
DATE OF DEATH January 21, 1818
Place of death Berlin