Carl Banck
Carl Ludwig Albert Banck (born May 27, 1809 in Magdeburg , † December 28, 1889 in Dresden ) was a German composer and music writer.
Life
Banck was the son of Johann Carl Banck (1771–1842), who worked as organist and cathedral vicar at Magdeburg Cathedral . He studied in Berlin with Bernhard Klein , Ludwig Berger and Carl Friedrich Zelter and then in Dessau with Friedrich Schneider .
After his Grand Tour to and through Italy , he worked in Magdeburg, Berlin and Leipzig as music critics, including the New Journal of Music of Robert Schumann . Temporarily he gave singing lessons to Schumann's bride Clara Wieck . Later he went to Thuringia and married a woman from Rudolstadt . From 1840 he worked as a singing teacher in Dresden.
In 1845/46 he made a second trip to Italy.
literature
- Anonymous, Carl Banck , in: Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff , Portraits and Genre Pictures. Memories and Life Studies , Third Part, Kassel-Leipzig 1839, pp. 234–260
- Hermann Arthur Lier : Banck, Karl . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 46, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1902, pp. 199-202.
Web links
- Literature by and about Carl Banck in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Carl Banck in the German Digital Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Banck, Carl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Banck, Carl Ludwig Albert (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer and music writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 27, 1809 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Magdeburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 28, 1889 |
| Place of death | Dresden |