Adolph Bargiel

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August Adolph Anastasius Bargiel (born November 1, 1783 in Bauerwitz , Silesia, † February 4, 1841 in Berlin ) was a German piano and vocal teacher and violinist. Adolph Bargiel was married to Mariane Tromlitz, married Wieck , from 1825 to 1841 . This was the mother of Clara Schumann . From 1810 to 1819 he was a member of the Gewandhaus Orchestra in Leipzig , opened a singing school there and was a music teacher in Berlin from 1826.

Life

Adolph Bargiel was tutored by his father († 1807), who was the school principal in Bauerwitz, until he was 12, and from 1795 he attended the grammar school in Leobschütz . In his childhood Adolph Bargiel received singing lessons from his father, and for a time also piano and cello lessons from previously unknown teachers. Bargiel studied from 1802 in Breslau (where he also received violin lessons) first law, as his father was against a musical career, and from 1805 in Halle "philosophical sciences". However, his studies were interrupted by the Napoleonic War in 1806, so that Bargiel accepted a position as tutor to Baron von Seckendorff at Gut Zingst near Nebra. There he made friends with Friedrich Wieck , who also worked as a private tutor at Gut Zingst.

After the death of his father, Bargiel converted from Catholic to Protestant in 1807 and changed his name from Antonius Aloysius Bargel to August Adolph Anastasius Bargiel. In 1809 Bargiel gave up his position as private tutor and continued his law studies in Leipzig, but also attended philosophical courses. He financed his studies through music lessons. Due to his physically weak constitution and the lack of prospect of a legal job, Bargiel decided on music, especially since he "taught with great success". In Leipzig Bargiel became a member of the Gewandhaus Orchestra, gave private piano and singing lessons and opened a singing school in Leipzig in 1818. In 1822, after visiting the Logier Academy in Berlin, he opened a music institute in Leipzig based on the teachings of Johann Bernhard Logier , which he led until 1825.

In 1825 Bargiel married Mariane Tromlitz, formerly Wieck. The marriage produced four children: Woldemar (1828–1897), Eugen (1830–1907), Cäcilie (1832–1910) and Clementine (1835–1869). The children received their first piano lessons from their mother Mariane Bargiel, while Woldemar received his first musical training on the piano, organ and violin from his father.

In 1826 Adolph and Mariane Bargiel moved to Berlin because Adolph Bargiel took over the management of the Logier'schen Academy in Berlin. The academy ran very successfully until 1826, but had to be closed in 1830 due to a cholera epidemic in Berlin. The wealthy students withdrew to their estates for fear of infection, which caused the academy to suffer severe financial losses. Bargiel had no financial reserves and continued teaching with the few remaining students, which meant that he was unable to provide sufficient financial security for his family. In 1836 Bargiel suffered a stroke and died in Berlin in 1841.

Web links

literature

  • Elisabeth Schmiedel u. Joachim Draheim, A family of musicians in the 19th century: Marianne Bargiel, Clara Schumann, Woldemar Bargiel in letters and documents , 2 volumes, Munich [among others] 2007, ISBN 978-3-87397-343-5

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Clara Wieck, youth diaries 1827-1840 , ed. by Gerd Nauhaus and Nancy B. Reich with the assistance of Kristin RM Krahe, Hildesheim 2019, p. 486.
  2. ↑ Adolph Bargiel “Curriculum vitae” (after 1830), in: Elisabeth Schmiedel and Joachim Draheim: A family of musicians in the 19th century: Marianne Bargiel, Clara Schumann, Woldemar Bargiel in letters and documents , Volume 1, Munich 2007, p 20-21, 24.
  3. ↑ Clara Wieck, youth diaries 1827-1840 , ed. by Gerd Nauhaus and Nancy B. Reich with the assistance of Kristin RM Krahe, Hildesheim 2019, p. 397 note 11.
  4. ↑ Elisabeth Schmiedel and Joachim Draheim: A family of musicians in the 19th century: Marianne Bargiel, Clara Schumann, Woldemar Bargiel in letters and documents , Volume 1, Munich [among others] 2007, p. 25.
  5. ↑ Adolph Bargiel “Curriculum vitae” (after 1830), in: Elisabeth Schmiedel and Joachim Draheim: A family of musicians in the 19th century: Marianne Bargiel, Clara Schumann, Woldemar Bargiel in letters and documents , Volume 1, Munich 2007, p 21.
  6. ↑ Adolph Bargiel “Curriculum vitae” (after 1830), in: Elisabeth Schmiedel and Joachim Draheim: A family of musicians in the 19th century: Marianne Bargiel, Clara Schumann, Woldemar Bargiel in letters and documents , Volume 1, Munich 2007, p 21-22.
  7. ↑ Hanna Bergmann: Bargiel, Marianne, Mariane, born. Tromlitz, m. Wieck, married. Bargiel. Online lexicon of European female instrumentalists of the 18th and 19th centuries. Sophie-Drinker-Institut 2009, URL: https://www.sophie-drinker-institut.de/bargiel-marianne, accessed on November 26, 2019
  8. ↑ Schumann portal: siblings and half siblings of Clara Schumann, URL: https://www.schumann-portal.de/geschwister-und-halbgeschwister.html, accessed on November 26, 2019
  9. ↑ Sabine Stahr: Bargiel, (George Louis August) Woldemar, in: Ludwig Finscher (ed.), The music in past and present , person part vol. 2, Kassel [u. a.] 1999, col. 245-248, here col. 245.
  10. ↑ Elisabeth Schmiedel and Joachim Draheim: A family of musicians in the 19th century: Marianne Bargiel, Clara Schumann, Woldemar Bargiel in letters and documents , Volume 1, Munich [among others] 2007, pp. 24-25.
personal data
SURNAME Bargiel, Adolph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bargiel, August Anastasius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1783
PLACE OF BIRTH Bauerwitz , Silesia
DATE OF DEATH February 4, 1841
Place of death Berlin