Carl Leopold Röllig
Carl Leopold Röllig (* around 1754 in Hamburg ; † March 4, 1804 in Vienna ) was a German glass harmonica player , librarian , music journalist and composer .
Life
After 1781 he toured Europe as a glass harmonica virtuoso , and also performed in Berlin in 1787 . In 1791 he got a job as a librarian at the Viennese court library . He is considered one of the inventors of the keyboard harmonica, a glass harmonica with a keyboard. In 1795 he invented a portable piano that he called Orphica , and in 1801 the Xanorphika, a type of bow piano. From 1798 until his death he was also the Viennese correspondent of the Leipziger Allgemeine Musikische Zeitung .
He last lived at Spitalplatz No. 1166, where he died of "emaciation" at the age of 50.
Röllig was Kapellmeister at the Ackermann Theater Society in Hamburg from 1764 to 1769 and 1771/72 .
Works
- About the harmonica. A fragment , Vienna 1787 ( digitized version )
- Small and light pieces of clay for the orphica. With three solfeggy for one hand alone , Vienna 1797 ( digitized version )
- Rescue of honor of the famous knight Renaut Schatline de Cousy , troubadours from the 12th century against some recent allegations and accusations made against him , in: Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung , vol. 4, no. 39 of June 23, 1802, col. 625-632 ( digitized version )
- About the position of some keyboard instruments in living rooms , in: Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung , Vol. 5, No. 49 of August 31, 1803, Col. 802f. ( Digitized version )
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach , Biographical Lexicon of the Austrian Empire , Volume 26 (1874), pp. 235f. ( Digitized version )
- Martha Bruckner-Bigenwald, The Beginnings of the Leipziger Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung , Hilversum: Knuf 1965.
- Benjamin Vogel, Orphicas, Genuin, Less Genuin and Fakes , in: The Galpin Society Journal , No. 57 of May 2004, pp. 19-45 and 204f.
- Klaus Martin Kopitz , Beethoven as a Composer for the Orphica: A New Source for WoO 51 , in: The Beethoven Journal , Vol. 22, No. 1 (Summer 2007), pp. 25-30, ISSN 1087-8262 .
- Bruno Hoffmann: Röllig, Karl Leopold [Carl Leopold; Johann Ludwig]. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
- Rudolf Hopfner: Röllig, Carl Leopold. 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 .
- Rudolf Hopfner: Röllig, Carl, Leopold. In: MGG Online (subscription required).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Earlier dates of birth, some of which can be found in the literature, are probably due to a mix-up with the theater musician Johann Christian Röllig, who worked in Hamburg.
- ^ Wiener Zeitung , No. 20 of March 10, 1804, p. 862 ( digitized version )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Röllig, Carl Leopold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German classical composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1745 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 4, 1804 |
| Place of death | Vienna |