Benedikt Widmann

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Benedikt Widmann (born March 5, 1820 in Bräunlingen , † March 4, 1910 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German music teacher, school director, music writer and composer .

life and work

Benedikt Widmann studied composition and form theory with Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee , whose system of rhythm he later published. For almost 50 years he was music teacher and rector at the "Rosenbergerschule" and at the "School of the English Misses" in Frankfurt am Main. He wrote a large number of music-theoretical and music-pedagogical works, and thus made a decisive contribution to the spread of the "Leipzig tradition of harmony" in the 19th century.

As a composer, his focus was on vocal music. Some of his “folk tone” melodies are still popular today. In particular, he set to music a large number of children's poems by his Frankfurt teacher colleague Karl Enslin .

Widmann is also occasionally mentioned, especially in older school song books, as the composer of the Christmas carol Kling, Glöckchen, klingelingeling , written by Karl Enslin , but this is not documented. In particular, the frequently found information that the melody was composed in 1884 cannot be correct, as it is proven by 1873 at the latest.

Widmann's estate is in the Frankfurt Institute for Urban History .

Works

Compositions

Instrumental works

  • Six adagio for the organ. Flying leaves of the cath. Church music, vol. 3, music supplement 5
  • Polish hymn as organ trio. Pustet, Regensburg 1868
  • Original contribution in: Prelude book initially revised, enlarged and improved by Karl Deigendesch for teacher training institutions. Aufl. (Org.) Böhm & Sohn, Augsburg / Vienna 1888. (No. 35, Adagio G major / No. 57, Versette D major / No. 76, Andante A major / No. 128, Prelude and Fugue F major / No. 141, theme by Anton Lotti / No. 188, variation on a theme by Carissimi / No. 189, Moderato in C minor.)
  • Contributions in: Vademecum. A collection of small organ pieces in the modern keys. Gressler, Langensalza 1871. (No. 11, Adagio C major / No. 23, Adagio G major / No. 61, Larghetto E flat major / No. 73, Adagio C major / No. 85, Adagio F major / No. 92, Andante in A minor)

Vocal works

  • Four Christmas carols op.18
  • Spring of life. Children's songs by Karl Enslin for school and home, one and two-part with light piano accompaniment. C. Merseburger (v. No.), Leipzig (1854).
  • Song source. 100 poems for the youth by Karl Enslin. With 1, 2 and 3-part original compositions and folk tunes edited by Benedict Widmann. In four booklets. GW Körner's publishing house, Erfurt / Leipzig around 1854.
  • Collection of polyphonic two and three-part exercises and chants for secondary schools for girls and girls' institutes. 4 booklets. 1856-1858.
  • Pious and happy! Essen, 1858.
  • (Ed.) Songs for School and Life. 1861.
  • Polyhymnia […] For use in school and women's choirs, mostly selected from the musical classics and partly arranged for 2-3-part choir and piano. 1865?
  • (with Ludwig Erk ) New song source: periodical collection of single and polyphonic songs. 3 booklets. Merseburger, Leipzig 1869 ( digitized version ).
  • (with Heinrich Fidelis Müller ) New Trutz nightingale. Selection of popular, spiritual and secular songs for Catholic schools and families. Frankfurt am Main 1879, 39. A. 1916.
  • A bouquet of songs (Bernhard Brähmig). Selection of cheerful and serious chants for daughter schools. 1880.

Fonts

Teaching works

Music theory writings

  • The strict forms of music, in classical examples for use by teachers and students. C. Merseburger, Leipzig [1882].
  • The art-historical development of the men's choir is presented in three lectures. Leipzig 1884.
  • Historical picture of the German folk song in word and manner. C. Merseburger, Leipzig 1885.
  • The German hymn at mixed denominational institutions. In: Gymnasium: magazine for teachers at grammar schools and related teaching establishments. 16.1898, No. 19, Col. 657-666 ( digitized version ).

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Merry Christmas. A collection of 40 of the most famous Christmas carols. Edited and arranged by Wilhelm Lutz. Edition Schott 4006, Mainz 1946, p. 14.
  2. ↑ Hildegard Meyberg (ed.): Let's sing in the Christmas season. Ludwig Auer, Donauwörth 1985, ISBN 3-403-01602-1 , p. 249.
  3. ↑ Johann Nepomuk Ahle (ed.): Spiritual Christmas tree. 7th booklet: Small Christmas games, songs, poems. Pustet, Regensburg 1873, p. 30 f. ( Digitized version ).
  4. ↑ Institute for Urban History: Legacies ( Memento of the original from September 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stadtgeschichte-ffm.de
  5. ↑ Widmann Estate, Benedikt (1820–1910) , Federal Archives, Central Database of Estates
  6. ^ Songs by Benedict Widmann at The LiederNet Archive
personal data
SURNAME Widmann, Benedikt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Widmann, Benedict; Widmann, Benedickt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German music teacher, school director, music writer and composer
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH Bräunlingen
DATE OF DEATH March 4, 1910
Place of death Frankfurt am Main