Anton Schindler

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Anton Schindler

Anton Felix Schindler (born June 13, 1795 in Meedl / Moravia (today Medlov u Uničova ), † January 16, 1864 in Bockenheim ) was an Austrian musician and music writer.

Life

Schindler attended grammar school in Olomouc and studied law and philosophy at the University of Vienna from autumn 1813 . In 1817 he took a job in the law firm of the lawyer Dr. Johann Baptist Bach (1779–1847), who became Beethoven's legal advisor in 1819. From 1822 Schindler was first violinist and orchestra director at the Josephstädter Theater , from 1825 to 1827 in the same position at the Kärntnertor Theater . From autumn 1827 to spring 1829 he lived with his sister in Pest , then from 1832 worked as music director in Münster and from 1835 to 1840 both as music director of the Aachen symphony orchestra and as collegiate conductor at Aachen cathedral . In 1841/42 he stayed in Paris , in 1843 in Berlin , and from 1848 lived in Frankfurt am Main and in Bockenheim .

Schindler's fame is based primarily on his acquaintance with Ludwig van Beethoven . He met him in the fall of 1822 and took on secretary services for him. He also became the composer's first biographer. His Beethoven biography was published in 1840 and expanded in 1860. It is considered very unreliable, as Schindler likes to focus on himself. His claim that he was Beethoven's friend can hardly be reconciled with the facts. In order to support it, he did not shrink from making subsequent entries in Beethoven's conversation notebooks and forging other documents.

In addition, Schindler wrote several compositions, including songs, piano works, a string quartet and two masses for choir and orchestra. His Mass No. 1 in D minor , which was premiered in December 1837 in Aachen , was particularly successful . The Aachen correspondent for the Berlinische Nachrichten reported:

"Aachen. A new large mass by the concertmaster Schindler, in the performance of which all musicians and music lovers participated, caused a great sensation, namely the Credo, which was widely admired. "

Another performance followed on November 4, 1839 in the Karlskirche in Vienna . Schindler dedicated the mass to Pope Gregory XVI. , who accepted the dedication before the Vienna performance. In a report from Düsseldorf in November 1839 it says:

"(Düsseldorf.) The Pope has accepted the dedication of a mass by our music director Schindler, and the director of the papal chapel is said to have asked the master to send a second mass to Rome which he composed."

This attracted a lot of attention in the press at the time, because "the work of a German composer has never been performed in St. Peter's Church in Rome ." It is not known whether Giuseppe Baini , the conductor of the papal chapel, actually performed Schindler's mass in St.

"Biographer Beethoven": memorial plaque for Schindler's grave in the old Bockenheim cemetery in Frankfurt am Main.

Books

  • Biography of Ludwig van Beethoven. With the portrait of Beethoven and 2 facsimiles , Münster: Aschendorff 1840 ( full text in the Google book search)
  • Beethoven in Paris, along with other communications concerning the immortal composer and a facsimile of Beethoven's handwriting. An addendum to Beethoven's biography , Münster: Aschendorff 1842
  • Biography of Ludwig van Beethoven. Second edition , enlarged with two supplements , Münster: Aschendorff 1845 ( digitized )
  • Biography of Ludwig van Beethoven , 3rd, revised and enlarged edition, 2 volumes, Münster: Aschendorff 1860 ( digitized version ); ( full text in the Google book search)
  • Marta Becker (ed.), Anton Schindler, Beethoven's friend. His diary from the years 1841–43 , Frankfurt / M. 1939

Musical works (selection)

The manuscripts of the following works are in the Beethoven House in Bonn .

  • String Quartet in D minor , 1822 (BH 261)
  • Sonata in D minor / F major for piano, 1833 (BH 263)
  • Mass No. 1 in D minor for four-part mixed choir and orchestra, 1824/26 ( Kyrie , Gloria and Credo ) and 1836/37 ( Sanctus , Benedictus , Agnus dei and Donna nobis pacem as well as new Gloria ) (BH 264 a and BH 264 b)
  • Mass No. 2 in E flat major for four-part mixed choir and orchestra, 1836/37 (BH 265)

literature

  • Ludwig Nohl , inventory of Beethoven's estate, insofar as it was found in the estate… Anton Schindler and is currently in the hands of Mrs. Marie Egloff…: (current owner of this collection Mr. Nowotny…) recorded in Mannheim in June 1864 Ludwig Nohl , Karlsbad 1864
  • Constantin von Wurzbach : Schindler, Anton . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 30th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1875, pp. 4–7 ( digitized version ).
  • Hans Michel Schletterer , letters from Beethoven biographer Anton Schindler to Mr. Jaques Rosenhain. In: Der Chorgesang , Vol. 5 (1890), pp. 526–527, 551–552 and 574–576
  • Theodor Frimmel von Traisenau :  Schindler, Anton . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 31, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, p. 287.
  • Anonymous, Anton Schindler. A previously unknown letter about Beethoven's last days. In: Rheinische Musikzeitung , vol. 1 (1900), No. 6, pp. 62–63 (Schindler's letter of September 12, 1827, then in the collection of Erich Prieger )
  • Eduard Hüffer, Anton Felix Schindler , Münster 1909
  • Reinhold Zimmermann , An “Aesthetics of Tonkunst” by Anton Schindler. In: Allgemeine Musikzeitung , vol. 57 (1930), pp. 313–316 (on a book by Schindler from 1846)
  • Reinhold Zimmermann, A new Beethoven find in Anton Schindler's estate. In: Die Musik , vol. 23.1, March 1931, pp. 401–414 ( digitized version ) (Beethoven's an unknown conversation book)
  • Reinhold Sietz, Anton Schindler and Ferdinand Hiller in their personal relationships, with two unprinted letters from Schindler. In: Studies on the music history of the Rhineland. Festschrift Ludwig Schiedermair on his 80th birthday , Cologne 1956, pp. 133–139
  • Bertram Schofield, Letter of Anton Schindler. In: The British Museum Quarterly , Vol. 21 (1957), No. 2, pp. 30–31 (Schindler's letter to Charles Neate about Beethoven's estate, written on August 6, 1845 in Aachen)
  • Donald W. MacArdle , Anton Felix Schindler, Friend of Beethoven. In: The Music Review , Vol. 24 (1963), pp. 51-74
  • Erwin Doernberg, Anton Schindler. In: The Musical Quarterly , Vol. 51 (1965), pp. 373-386
  • Eva Badura-Skoda , On the character image of Anton Schindler. In: Österreichische Musikzeitschrift , vol. 32 (1977), pp. 241–246
  • Marion Brück:  Schindler, Anton. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-428-11203-2 , p. 788 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Peter Stadlen , Schindler's Beethoven Forgeries. In: The Musical Times , Vol. 118 (1977), pp. 549-552
  • Peter Stadlen, On Schindler's forgeries in Beethoven's conversation books. In: Österreichische Musikzeitschrift , vol. 32 (1977), pp. 246-252
  • Dagmar Beck and Grita Herre, Some doubts about the transmission of the conversation books. In: Report on the International Beethoven Congress March 20-23 , 1977 in Berlin , Leipzig 1978, pp. 257–274
  • Peter Stadlen, Schindler and the conversation books. In: Österreichische Musikzeitschrift , vol. 34 (1979), pp. 2-18
  • Dagmar Beck and Grita Herre, Anton Schindler's bogus entries in the conversation books. In: Beethoven. Articles and Annotations , ed. by Harry Goldschmidt , Berlin 1979, pp. 11-89
  • Martin Staehelin, From the World of Early Beethoven “Research”. Aloys Fuchs in letters to Anton Schindler. In: music, edition, interpretation. Commemorative publication Günther Henle , Munich 1980, pp. 427–446
  • William S. Newman, Yet Another Major Beethoven Forgery by Schindler ?. In: The Journal of Musicology , Vol. 3 (1984), pp. 397-422
  • Dagmar Beck and Grita Herre, Anton Schindler's “practical application” of the Cramer etudes. To the so-called Beethoven playing instructions. In: On Beethoven , Volume 3, ed. by Harry Goldschmidt , Berlin 1988, pp. 177-208
  • Dietrich Kämper, “Conservator of Beethoven's Traditions”? From Franz Wüllner's youth letters to Anton Schindler. In: The Language of Music. Festschrift for Klaus Wolfgang Niemöller 's 60th birthday , ed. by Jobst Peter Fricke , Regensburg 1989, pp. 303-320
  • Barry Cooper , Schindler and the "Pastoral" Symphony. In: The Beethoven Newsletter , Vol. 8 (1993), pp. 2-6
  • Hubert Unverricht , Anton Felix Schindler's year of birth: 1795 or 1798 ?. In: Communications of the Austrian Society for Musicology , No. 28 (1995), pp. 16-18
  • Renate Federhofer-Königs , Anton Schindler's letters to Robert Schumann . A kaleidoscope of current musical events. In: Festschrift Christoph-Hellmut Mahling on his 65th birthday , ed. von Axel Beer , Tutzing 1997, pp. 341-360
  • Renate Federhofer-Königs , Anton Schindler from the perspective of his letters to Robert Schumann. In: Neues Musikwissenschaftliches Jahrbuch , Vol. 7 (1998), pp. 99–159
  • Helga Lühning, The Schindler and Beethoven Picture. In: Bonner Beethoven Studies , Volume 2 (2001), pp. 183–199
  • William Kinderman , Anton Schindler as Beethoven's Biographer: New Evidence from the Sketchbooks. In: Artwork and biography. Commemorative Harry Goldschmidt , ed. by Hanns-Werner Heister, Berlin 2002, pp. 313–323
  • Uwe Harten : Schindler, Anton. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7001-3046-5 .
  • Klaus Martin Kopitz , Rainer Cadenbach (Eds.) A. 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 , No. 640–656 (Schindler's letters about Beethoven).
  • Theodore Albrecht , Anton Schindler as Destroyer and Forger of Beethoven's Conversation Books: A Case for Decriminalizatio n, in: Music's Intellectual History: First Conference of the Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale , ed. by Zdravko Blazekovic and Barbara Dobbs Mackenzie, New York 2009, pp. 169–181. http://www.rilm.org/historiography/talbrecht.pdf (About Beethoven's conversation books and the allegations against Schindler that he destroyed the majority of them. The author believes that Schindler's statement that there were "well over a hundred" conversation books, had been misunderstood as "four hundred" by Alexander Wheelock Thayer .)
  • Daniel Brenner, Anton Schindler and his influence on the Beethoven biography (= Series IV, Writings on Beethoven Research , Volume 24), Bonn 2013

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Johann Kux, Chronik des Kirchensprengels Meedl , Littau 1890
  2. ↑ Berlinische Nachrichten von Staats- und schehrte Dinge , No. 296 of December 18, 1837, p. 6
  3. ↑ Allgemeine Musikalischer Anzeiger , Vienna, vol. 11, no. 46 of November 14, 1839, p. 244 (digitized version)
  4. ↑ Die Bayerische Landbötin , Munich, No. 133 of November 5, 1839, p. 1140 (digitized version)
  5. ↑ We have received a letter from Giuseppe Baini to Anton Schindler, Rome, January 30, 1840 (Berlin, State Library), which at least holds out the prospect of a performance in St. Peter's Basilica.

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personal data
SURNAME Schindler, Anton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schindler, Anton Felix
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German secretary, musician and first biographer of Ludwig van Beethoven
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1795
PLACE OF BIRTH Meedl (Medlov)
DATE OF DEATH January 16, 1864
Place of death Bockenheim