Heinrich Philipp Bossler

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Heinrich Philipp Karl (or Carl ) Bossler also Boßler or simply Rath Boßler (* July 22, 1744 in Darmstadt ; † September 8, 1812 in Leipzig ) was a reputable German music publisher , impresario , 1776 secretary and valet of Prince Louis von Hessen- Darmstadt as well as the Prince of Brandenburg-Onolzbacher Expedition Council and Royal Prussian Council.

HP Bossler was also the publisher of early original works by Ludwig van Beethoven , the famous Viennese classic published its first compositions in the flower harvest for piano lovers published by Heinrich Philipp Boßler at the age of 12 . The publishing company Boßler also printed well-known first and early prints by Wolfgang Amadé Mozart . As impresario for the successful star virtuoso at the glass harmonica Marianne Kirchgeßner , Boßler undertook extensive concert tours throughout Europe and Russia .

Heinrich Philipp Carl Boßler was known in the field of music journalism , as a pioneer, his invention of a sheet music printing machine for fast, cheap and precise sheet music printing was highly regarded . His publishing works belong to the area of ​​German cultural treasures.

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biography

House music scene from 1782. Copper engraving by Heinrich Philipp Bossler after a drawing by Viktor Wilhelm Peter Heideloff

Heinrich Philipp Karl Boßler was named as the son of the Landgrave Hesse-Darmstadt court wind gun maker Friedrich Jacob Boßler also Bosler and Bossler (* 1717 - † 1793) and the grandson of the court gun maker in Darmstadt Johann Peter Boßler also called Bosler and Bossler (* 1689; † 1742) , who delivered his masterpieces to the locksmiths' guild in Darmstadt in 1718 and was the founder of the branch of the court gunmaker and copper engraver family Boßler in Darmstadt . Heinrich Philipp Boßler comes from the Lichtenberg tribe of the early South Hessian Boßler family. This family line worked in Lichtenberg for generations, among other things, in the office of the princely burgrave and in the position of landgrave inspectors of the official cellars . The members of the Lichtenberg tribe belonged to the gunsmith profession.

Boßler's great cousin was the poet , playwright and eponym of the genius Friedrich Maximilian Klinger . According to family history research, Klinger's grandmother was Anna Barbara Boßler. This belonged to the sisters of the Darmstadt court gunsmith Johann Peter Boßler and was thus a daughter of the gunsmith, gunsmith and burgrave of Lichtenberg Christian (or Christmann ) Boßler. It cannot be proven whether they both knew each other or whether there was an encounter between them.

Heinrich Philipp Boßler completed his school career at the pedagogue in Darmstadt, where he was given a comprehensive, good education. He married Maria Carolina in Darmstadt in 1766, the daughter of the court trumpeter Friedrich Ferdinand Kahl. This marriage had three children including his son Friedrich Jacob Boßler the Younger (* 1773, † 1824) and his first-born son Ferdinand Jacob Boßler, who died at the age of seven months. His second marriage, however childless, was made by Boßler in Neckargartach in 1778 with Sophie Catarina Caselmann.

Through Prince Ludwig Georg Carl von Hessen-Darmstadt, Boßler came into contact with Freemasonry . The irregular box Bund der Righteousness , founded by Prince Louis in Heilbronn and led by his morganatic wife Friederike Schmidt (* 1751, † 1803), counted Heinrich Philipp Boßler as the third member after the prince himself and the merchant's daughter Schmidt.

Music publisher

Musical Real Newspaper (1790)

Around 1769 Boßler worked in his learned profession as a copper engraver . In addition, he was a princely coin engraver from his job, as a medalist, several Convention thalers have been preserved. In 1779 he invented a machine to simplify the printing of notes , which caused a sensation and enjoyed high recognition. The publishing house founded by Boßler in Speyer in 1780 was one of the most important music publishers of the time. In 1782 Boßler published the flower picking for piano lovers and from 1788 to 1790 the Musikalische Realzeitung , as well as the musical correspondence of the Teutsche Filarmonischen Gesellschaft . His publishing activities brought Boßler into contact with the Württemberg court printer Christian Friedrich Cotta .

In 1792 Boßler and his company returned to Darmstadt, where the publishing activities of the Bosslerische Musikhandlung came to a short standstill due to circumstances caused by the war. His son, who learned the copper engraving trade at the Hohen Karlsschule , continued the father's publishing house. Friedrich Jacob Boßler the Younger made engravings for the organists and composers Knecht and Johann Christoph Kellner . Boßler's son Friedrich Jacob was finally judged dead on March 6, 1824.

In 1799 Heinrich Philipp Boßler moved from London to Gohlis near Leipzig. Overall, Boßler was one of the most important personalities in the history of music of his era. He was a pioneer of musical journalism, his work in sheet music printing was even documented in London.

Heinrich Philipp Boßler refused to publish plagiarism . This feature made his music publisher almost unique for the time. In terms of publishing, Boßler works with the music publisher Franz Anton Hoffmeister from Vienna .

By 1796, Boßler had published more than 300 titles, including early original works by Beethoven and Justin Heinrich Knecht . Ludwig van Beethoven published his Rondo Allegretto (WoO 49) at HP Bossler in Speyer in 1784, followed by the work To an Infant (WoO 108). The printing and the visual design of the Elector Sonatas (WoO 47) was taken over by Heinrich Philipp Boßler in 1783. Until 1828 they were the only available print of these sonatas by the young Ludwig van Beethoven. The print order for the instrumental compositions dedicated to Elector Maximilian Friedrich of Cologne resulted in an encounter between Heinrich Philipp Boßler and Christian Gottlob Neefe .

Social relevance

In 1790 Heinrich Philipp Boßler traveled to the coronation celebrations of Leopold II . to Frankfurt , where he had the cantatas written by Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg and composed by Johann Friedrich Christmann performed on Leopold's elevation to German emperor . Boßler was the publisher of these multi-movement works. Beethoven's cantata on Leopold II's elevation to emperor (WoO 88), on the other hand, received no attention in Frankfurt and was not performed. HP Bossler left Frankfurt with a medal awarded by the emperor and a reward of 30 ducats .

Boßler also commented on the musicality of Emperor Leopold II and his family as follows in the musical correspondence :

“The current king has not yet been to the theater, had not yet shown any music with him, nor any other characteristic of his love of music [...] whose ear is used to the rapid fiery execution of Italian masters, the more phlegmatic performance of the German masters is impossible immediately gain a taste "

- Heinrich Philipp Bossler : Musical correspondence of the German Filarmonic Society July 28, 1790 .

This statement by Boßler was an important assessment of his situation at the court in Vienna, especially for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The music publisher and Mozart also knew each other personally. As early as 1784, Boßler made a copperplate by Mozart with the title Signor Mozart . From 1786 to 1790 a number of original, parallel, first and early prints by Mozart by Heinrich Philipp Boßler for piano , violin and flute followed . Among the first and early prints of Boßler by Wolfgang Amadé Mozart were the overtures Marriage of Figaro ( KV 492) and Don Giovanni (KV 527). In 1792 Heinrich Philipp Bossler published in the musical correspondence about Mozart's funeral service. This reporting was followed by a comprehensive obituary for the great composer of the Viennese Classic.

In addition, Boßler maintained a personal exchange with the composer Joseph Haydn , who enjoyed a privileged position with his works in the Boßler publishing house. In addition to Haydn's compositions, Heinrich Philipp Bossler also published original compositions by the piano manufacturer and Haydn's student Ignaz Pleyel . The music publisher Boßler was also on friendly terms with the composer and conductor Antonio Rosetti .

Heinrich Philipp Carl Bossler was also a paternal confidante of Marianne Kirchgeßner, whose impresario he acted and with whom he later jointly acquired an estate near Gohlis. His extensive concert tours with the famous Kirchgeßner earned Heinrich Philipp Boßler the title of exemplary and well-traveled impresario .

Heinrich Philipp Carl Boßler also associated with great personalities from literature and society of his epoch. These include Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Friedrich Schiller , Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin , Christoph Martin Wieland and Johann Heinrich Jung-Stilling . The Salonnière Marie Sophie von La Roche honored Boßler and his invention of a sheet music printing machine in their women's magazine Pomona for Germany's daughters .

Retirement

Boßler spent the last years of his life in Gohlis, where he worked in agriculture and tried his hand at the production of English and French liqueurs . His good knowledge of chemical processes helped him. As early as 1800, Heinrich Philipp Boßler and Marianne Kirchgeßner bought a farm in what is now Leipzig for 5700 thalers . Bossler corresponded with the theologian Johann Georg Müller . Bossler wrote his last letter to Müller in 1810. The content of these letters mostly referred to Marianne Kirchgeßner, her death and HP Bossler's living conditions.

Heinrich Philipp Boßler did not leave an archive of his works, but the anthology Blumenlese for piano lovers , which he published from 1782 to 1787 in a weekly number of 1,500 copies, offered many composers and musicians of his time a platform for their work to be published. Even the much admired Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach was listed with works in the flower harvest .

Exhibitions

The Beethoven House dedicated a special exhibition to the renowned publisher, impresario and entrepreneur Boßler in 2001. Under the motto Cultural Treasures for the State of Rhineland-Palatinate , the Palatinate State Library Speyer presented works by outstanding personalities in 2019, including exhibits by Heinrich Philipp Bossler.

Works (selection)

literature

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Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d Hans Schneider: The music publisher Heinrich Philipp Bossler 1744-1812. With bibliographic overviews and an appendix by Mariane Kirchgeßner and Boßler. Self-published by Hans Schneider, Tutzing 1985, ISBN 3-7952-0500-X , p. 30-34 .
  2. ↑ Harald Strebel : Anton Stadler - Work and living environment of the "Mozart clarinetist" - facts, data and hypotheses about his biography . Wissenschaftsverlag Hollitzer , Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-99012-369-0 , notes - 43 .
  3. ^ A b c Hans Schneider: The music publisher Heinrich Philipp Bossler 1744-1812. With bibliographic overviews and an appendix by Mariane Kirchgeßner and Boßler. Self-published by Hans Schneider, Tutzing 1985, ISBN 3-7952-0500-X , p. 15 .
  4. ↑ Klaus Stopp: The craft customers with local views . tape 2 . Catalog Federal Republic of Germany Aalen - Esslingen. Hiersemann Verlag , Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-7772-8224-3 , p. 264 .
  5. ^ Journal for the history of the Upper Rhine . tape 120 . Kohlhammer Verlag , 1972, ISSN  0044-2607 , p. 335 .
  6. ↑ Hans Schneider: The music publisher Heinrich Philipp Bossler 1744-1812. With bibliographic overviews and an appendix by Mariane Kirchgeßner and Boßler. Self-published by Hans Schneider, Tutzing 1985, ISBN 3-7952-0500-X , p. 214 .
  7. ↑ Hans Schneider: The music publisher Heinrich Philipp Bossler 1744-1812. With bibliographic overviews and an appendix by Mariane Kirchgeßner and Boßler. Self-published by Hans Schneider, Tutzing 1985, ISBN 3-7952-0500-X , p. 76 .
  8. ↑ Sabine Fringes: A star on the glass harmonica. Deutschlandfunk , June 5, 2019, accessed on January 31, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Bruchsal glass harmonica virtuoso Kirchgessner. SWR Aktuell , May 22, 2019, accessed on January 31, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Marcel Bossler: A small text on the genealogy and ancestry of the court rifle maker in Darmstadt Johann Peter Boßler (Bosler) illuminating as well as the history, meaning and origin of the early Boßler family via the Lichtenberg office to Darmstadt and Neckarsteinach . Ed .: Marcel Bossler. Volume I. - History of the Hessian Boßler family. Self-published by M. Bossler, Bad Rappenau 2019, ISBN 978-3-00-063737-7 , p. 16, 17 .
  11. ↑ Dr. Rainer Maaß: Handbook of cultural centers of the early modern times - cities and residences in the old German-speaking area . Ed .: Wolfgang Adam and Siegrid Westphal . tape 1 - Augsburg – Gottorf. de Gruyter , Berlin / Boston 2012, ISBN 978-3-11-020703-3 , p. 341 .
  12. ^ Heinrich Wolf: Family Book Reichelsheim 1643-1875 . Ed .: Andreas Stephan. 1st edition. tape 2 - With Pfaffen-Beerfurth, Reichelsheim, Rohrbach, Unter-Easter and the directories. GENDI-Verlag, Otzberg 2018, ISBN 978-3-946295-61-7 , p. 969 f .
  13. ↑ Prof. Dr. Diethard Köhler : Families in Billings, Nonrod, Meßbach, Steinau, Hausen, Lichtenberg 1635–1750 . Volume III: Address book front Odenwald 1635–1750. Ober-Ramstadt 1987, OCLC 74995810 , Hausen and Lichtenberg: Families before 1700 .
  14. ↑ Marcel Bossler: A small text on the genealogy and ancestry of the court rifle maker in Darmstadt Johann Peter Boßler (Bosler) illuminating as well as the history, meaning and origin of the early Boßler family via the Lichtenberg office to Darmstadt and Neckarsteinach . Ed .: Marcel Bossler. Volume I. - History of the Hessian Boßler family. Self-published by M. Bossler, Bad Rappenau 2019, ISBN 978-3-00-063737-7 , p. 16 .
  15. ↑ Marcel Boßler: The famous Sturm und Drang poet Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger from Frankfurt with clear Odenwald roots . In: Hessian Family History Association e. V. (Hrsg.): Hessische Genealogie . Volume 3, Issue 2, 2020, ISSN  2626-0220 , p. 28-29 .
  16. ↑ Hans Schneider: The music publisher Heinrich Philipp Bossler 1744-1812. With bibliographic overviews and an appendix by Mariane Kirchgeßner and Boßler. Self-published by Hans Schneider, Tutzing 1985, ISBN 3-7952-0500-X , p. 22 .
  17. ^ Historical Association Ludwigsburg: Ludwigsburg history sheets . tape 39-42 . Kommissionsverlag Aigner, 1986, ISSN  0179-1842 , p. 69 .
  18. ↑ Karin von Welck , Liselotte Homering: 176 days WA Mozart in Mannheim - an exhibition of the Museum for Art, City and Theater History in the Reiss Museum of the city of Mannheim . Edition Braus, Heidelberg 1991, ISBN 3-89466-014-7 , p. 206 .
  19. ↑ Friedrich Blume : Music in the past and present - general encyclopedia of music . Bärenreiter-Verlag , Kassel 1994, ISBN 3-7618-1101-2 , p. 149 .
  20. ↑ Hans Schneider: The music publisher Heinrich Philipp Bossler 1744-1812. With bibliographic overviews and an appendix by Mariane Kirchgeßner and Boßler. Self-published by Hans Schneider, Tutzing 1985, ISBN 3-7952-0500-X , p. 41, 47 ff .
  21. ↑ Hans Schneider: The music publisher Heinrich Philipp Bossler 1744-1812. With bibliographic overviews and an appendix by Mariane Kirchgeßner and Boßler. Self-published by Hans Schneider, Tutzing 1985, ISBN 3-7952-0500-X , p. 182, 187, 192, 221 .
  22. ^ Association for the History of the City of Vienna: Yearbook of the Association for the History of the City of Vienna . Volumes 21/22. Association for History Vienna, 1965, ISSN  1011-4726 , p. 259 .
  23. ↑ Hans Schneider: The music publisher Heinrich Philipp Bossler 1744-1812. With bibliographic overviews and an appendix by Mariane Kirchgeßner and Boßler. Self-published by Hans Schneider, Tutzing 1985, ISBN 3-7952-0500-X , p. 7, 211-212 .
  24. ↑ Hans Schneider: The music publisher Heinrich Philipp Bossler 1744-1812. With bibliographic overviews and an appendix by Mariane Kirchgeßner and Boßler. Self-published by Hans Schneider, Tutzing 1985, ISBN 3-7952-0500-X , p. 7 .
  25. ^ Ludwig Finscher , Gabriele Busch-Salmen: The Mannheim court chapel in the age of Carl Theodor . Palatium Verlag, Mannheim 1992, ISBN 3-920671-02-3 , pp. 215 .
  26. ↑ Hans Schneider: The music publisher Heinrich Philipp Bossler 1744-1812. With bibliographic overviews and an appendix by Mariane Kirchgeßner and Boßler. Self-published by Hans Schneider, Tutzing 1985, ISBN 3-7952-0500-X , p. 43, 74, 79, 102 .
  27. ↑ Hans Schneider: The music publisher Heinrich Philipp Bossler 1744-1812. With bibliographic overviews and an appendix by Mariane Kirchgeßner and Boßler. Self-published by Hans Schneider, Tutzing 1985, ISBN 3-7952-0500-X , p. 175 .
  28. ↑ a b Eva Gesine Baur : Mozart - Genius and Eros . Verlag CH Beck , Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-406-66132-7 ( digitized version ).
  29. ↑ Viveca Servatius: Constanze Mozart - A biography . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht , Göttingen 2018, ISBN 978-3-205-23198-1 , p. 607 .
  30. ↑ Hans Schneider: The music publisher Heinrich Philipp Bossler 1744-1812. With bibliographic overviews and an appendix by Mariane Kirchgeßner and Boßler. Self-published by Hans Schneider, Tutzing 1985, ISBN 3-7952-0500-X , p. 179-180 .
  31. ↑ Hans Schneider: The music publisher Heinrich Philipp Bossler 1744-1812. With bibliographic overviews and an appendix by Mariane Kirchgeßner and Boßler. Self-published by Hans Schneider, Tutzing 1985, ISBN 3-7952-0500-X , p. 8, 86, 130 .
  32. ↑ Peter Schleuning: The citizen rises - history of German music in the 18th century . JB Metzler , Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-476-01797-4 , pp. 208 .
  33. ↑ Christoph Martin Wieland (ed.): Der Neue Teutsche Merkur from 1801 . tape 3 . Gädicke, Weimar 1801, p. 141 ( digitized version ).
  34. ^ A b c Hans Schneider: The music publisher Heinrich Philipp Bossler 1744-1812. With bibliographic overviews and an appendix by Mariane Kirchgeßner and Boßler. Self-published by Hans Schneider, Tutzing 1985, ISBN 3-7952-0500-X , p. 8 .
  35. ↑ Hans Schneider: The music publisher Heinrich Philipp Bossler 1744-1812. With bibliographic overviews and an appendix by Mariane Kirchgeßner and Boßler. Self-published by Hans Schneider, Tutzing 1985, ISBN 3-7952-0500-X , p. 214 .
  36. ↑ Hans Schneider: The music publisher Heinrich Philipp Bossler 1744-1812. With bibliographic overviews and an appendix by Mariane Kirchgeßner and Boßler. Self-published by Hans Schneider, Tutzing 1985, ISBN 3-7952-0500-X , p. 216, 356, 366, 367-368 .
  37. ↑ Hans Schneider: The music publisher Heinrich Philipp Bossler 1744-1812. With bibliographic overviews and an appendix by Mariane Kirchgeßner and Boßler. Self-published by Hans Schneider, Tutzing 1985, ISBN 3-7952-0500-X , p. 80 .
  38. ↑ Laura Braunbach: The focus is on cultural treasures from the region. Wochenblatt Speyer, May 9, 2019, accessed on February 8, 2020 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Bossler, Heinrich Philipp
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bossler, Heinrich Philipp Karl; Bossler, Heinrich Philipp Carl; HP Bossler; Boßler, Heinrich Philipp; Boßler, Heinrich Philipp Karl; Boßler, Heinrich Philipp Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German music publisher
DATE OF BIRTH July 22, 1744
PLACE OF BIRTH Darmstadt
DATE OF DEATH September 8, 1812
Place of death Gohlis