Andreas Kretzschmer
Franz Johann Karl Andreas Kretzschmer (born November 1, 1775 in Stettin , † March 5, 1839 in Anklam ) was a German lawyer, secret war councilor, composer, musicologist and folk song researcher. His main folklore work, the collection of folk songs from 1838/40, he published under the name A. Kretzschmer ; in a modern reprint from 1969 this form of name is wrongly resolved to August Kretzschmer .
Life
Andreas Kretzschmer showed a great affinity for music from an early age. Nevertheless, at the request of his father, a government councilor, he studied law in Berlin and then became a justice commissioner in his home town of Szczecin. When the city fell into French hands for a few years during the coalition wars, Kretzschmer made a name for himself through his loyalty to Prussia and was rewarded with the Iron Cross and the title of a Secret War Council . Later, at the request of the Prussian Crown Prince and later King Friedrich Wilhelm IV, he was entrusted with "examining and reporting on the remnants of the Middle Ages in the province of Brandenburg and especially in the spiritual institutions that still exist or have been closed". In Berlin he frequented Friedrich August Wolf , Carl Maria von Weber and Friedrich Zelter . He translated texts by Lord Byron and published several self-composed songs. In 1825 he resigned from his position as a councilor and worked as a judicial officer, first in Halberstadt , then in Anklam . In 1835 he retired after a stroke and from then on devoted himself exclusively to literary and musical work and folk song research. He had the plan to publish a complete collection of German folk songs, but during his lifetime he was only able to publish the first volume of German folk songs with their original tunes with 317 folk songs, which was made between 1838 with the assistance of Hans Ferdinand Maßmann , Anton Wilhelm von Zuccalmaglio and others and appeared in eight issues in 1840. After Kretzschmer's death, Zuccalmaglio published a second volume with the assistance of Eduard Baumstark "as a continuation of A. Kretzschmer's work". Both volumes were soon criticized for not having checked the sources sufficiently reliably for their authenticity.
Works
- Ideas for a theory of music. Löfflersche Buchhandlung, Stralsund 1833 ( digitized version ).
- German folk songs with their original tunes. With the assistance of Professor Dr. Maßmann in Munich, Mr. von Zuccalmaglio in Warsaw, and several other friends of folk poetry, edited from handwritten sources and annotated. First part (in 8 booklets). Vereins-Buchhandlung, Berlin 1838–1840, in one volume 1840 ( digitized in the German digital library / digitized ).
- German folk songs with their original tunes. With the participation of Professor E. Baumstark and several other friends of folk poetry, collected as a continuation of A. Kretzschmer's work and annotated by Anton Wilhelm von Zuccalmaglio. Second part. Association bookstore, Berlin 1840 ( digitized version ).
Furthermore musical and historical articles in various newspapers and magazines.
literature
- Robert Eitner : Biographical-bibliographical source lexicon of musicians and music scholars of the Christian era up to the middle of the 19th century. Volume 5. Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1901, p. 440 ( digitized version ).
- Alexander Reifferscheid : Kretzschmer, Andreas . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, p. 141 f.
Web links
- Literature by and about Andreas Kretzschmer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature about Andreas Kretzschmer in the state bibliography MV
- Sheet music and audio files by Andreas Kretzschmer in the International Music Score Library Project
- Andreas Kretzschmer in the Carl Maria von Weber Complete Edition
Individual evidence
- ^ Friedrich August Schmidt, Bernhard Friedrich Voigt: New Nekrolog der Deutschen. 17th year: 1839, 2nd part. Voigt, Weimar 1841, p. 1129 ( digitized in the Google book search).
- ^ August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben : Loverkens. Old Dutch songs (= Horae belgicae: Studio atque opera Hoffmanni Fallerslebensis. Pars Octava). Dieterich, Göttingen 1852, p. VI ( digitized in the Google book search).
- ↑ German folk songs with their original tunes. With the assistance of Professor Dr. Maßmann in Munich, the Lord of Zuccalmaglio in Warsaw, and several other friends of folk poetry edited from handwritten sources and annotated by A. Kretzschmer, Royal Secret War Council and Knight, etc. Vereinsbuchhandlung, Berlin 1838 (digitized version )
- ↑ DNB 456422927
- ↑ August [recte: Andreas] Kretzschmer at Verlag Olms, accessed on December 8, 2014.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kretzschmer, Andreas |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kretzschmer, Franz Johann Karl Andreas (full name); Kretzschmer, A .; Kretzschmer, August (wrong form of name); Kretschmer, Andreas |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer, secret war councilor, composer, musicologist and folk song researcher |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 1, 1775 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Szczecin |
DATE OF DEATH | March 5, 1839 |
Place of death | Anklam |