Bernhard Schott
Bernhard Schott (born August 9, 1748 in Eltville am Rhein , † April 26, 1809 at the Sandhof near Heidesheim am Rhein ) was a German musician and music publisher.
Life
Bernhard Peter Schott, son of a baker, studied in Mainz and obtained a master's degree in 1769 . He received training as a clarinetist and had been selling music in Mainz since 1770. Schott was later a clarinetist in a Strasbourg military band and in 1780, privileged as court music engraver by the elector, founded a music publishing company in Mainz, which later became world-famous as B. Schott's Sons . In 1806 he bought the Sandhof to build a paper mill here. Schott was the first music publisher to use lithography for sheet music printing in 1799 .
literature
- Marion Brück: Schott, Peter Bernhard. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 23, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-428-11204-3 , p. 486 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Robert Eitner : Schott . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 32, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1891, p. 395.
Web links
- Schott Music ( Memento from February 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schott, Bernhard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schott, Bernhard Peter (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German musician and music publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 9, 1748 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eltville on the Rhine |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 26, 1809 |
| Place of death | Heidesheim on the Rhine |