Carl Friedrich Whistling

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Carl Friedrich Whistling (born February 16, 1788 in Kelbra ; † September 2, 1855 in Vienna ) was a German music dealer and music bibliographer.

Life

Whistling's father was the doctor and pharmacist Christian Gottfried Whistling (1748–1807).

Carl Friedrich Whistling studied philology and camera science in Leipzig . From 1811 to 1821 he worked for Ambrosius Kühnel's publishing house Bureau de Musique , which passed into the possession of Carl Friedrich Peters in 1814 .

From 1821 to 1830 Whistling ran his own music shop in Leipzig, which he finally sold to Friedrich Hofmeister .

In 1817 Whistling published a handbook of musical literature for the first time , which was continued from 1829 by the Friedrich Hofmeister publishing house. The reference work, which is of fundamental importance to this day, initially appeared anonymously. It was not until the 2nd edition in 1828 that “CF Whistling” was named as editor and publisher.

From 1835 he probably lived in Hamburg for some time , at the latest in 1847 he moved to Vienna , where he got a job at Carl Haslinger's publishing house . He last lived in Josephstadt No. 68, where "Mr. Whistling Karl Friedrich, private accountant" died on September 2, 1855 at the age of 67. A cause of death is not given in the official Wiener Zeitung .

family

Whistling was born with Caroline Sophie Elisabeth Krämer (* 1781 in Leipzig; † May 21, 1849 in ibid.) Married. The marriage had two sons:

  • The publisher Friedrich Whistling (born September 28, 1809 in Halle / Saale, † November 3, 1861 in Leipzig). He was one of Robert Schumann's most important publishers .
  • The music dealer and publisher August Theodor Whistling (* 1812, † November 25, 1869 in Leipzig). From 1852 to 1860 he was managing director (from 1855 authorized signatory) of the publishing house CF Peters and after the death of his brother took over the publishing house.

Works

  • Handbook of musical literature or a general, systematically organized index of the music printed up to the end of 1815, including musical writings and illustrations with advertisements of publishers and prices , Leipzig: Anton Meysel, 1817 ( digitized ) - 2nd, expanded edition, Leipzig: CF Whistling 1828

literature

  • Robert and Clara Schumann's correspondence with Leipzig publishers , Volume 2, Friedrich Whistling , ed. by Renate Brunner (= Schumann-Briefedition , Series III, Volume 2), Cologne: Dohr 2011, pp. 37–39.
  • The Leipzig music publishing system. Inner-city networks and international appeal , ed. by Stefan Keym and Peter Schmitz, Hildesheim 2016, p. 225f. ( Digitized version )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ev. Pfarramt Kelbra, Kirchenbuch Kelbra, Volume 7, Baptisms 1780–1795, pp. 208f., No. 5; communicated by Pastor Matthias Dräger, April 25, 2017
  2. ^ Wiener Zeitung , No. 215 of September 9, 1855, p. 2397 ( digitized version )
personal data
SURNAME Whistling, Carl Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German music dealer and music bibliographer
DATE OF BIRTH February 16, 1788
PLACE OF BIRTH Kelbra
DATE OF DEATH September 2, 1855
Place of death Vienna