Carl Ludwig von Oertzen

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Carl Ludwig von Oertzen , actually Carl von Oertzen , also Karl von Oertzen (born February 15, 1801 in Klockow , † September 24, 1871 in Schönberg (Mecklenburg) ) was a German lawyer and composer.

Life

Carl (Ludwig) von Oertzen was the only son of the Mecklenburg-Strelitz Minister of State August von Oertzen from his first marriage to Charlotte Sophie Albertine Wilhelmine, nee. von Jasmund (1780–1818), the only daughter of the Württemberg State Minister Ludwig Hellmuth Heinrich Freiherr von Jasmund (1748–1825). He studied law at the University of Göttingen and became a member of the Corps Vandalia Göttingen in 1818 . Oertzen joined the judicial administration of Mecklenburg-Strelitz in 1829 . In 1833 he was appointed chamberlain and judiciary. In 1848 he initially withdrew into private life in order to be able to devote himself entirely to music, but was reactivated in 1856 and transferred to Schoenberg as a judicial advisor , where he was head of the judicial office of the Landvogtei for the Principality of Ratzeburg until his death . Oertzen was a Mecklenburg (?) District administrator . He died of a nervous attack.

Von Oertzen was a prolific composer and wrote choral works, motets, songs and operas. Of his compositions, however, only the Mecklenburg folk song Vandalia, premiered in 1836, based on words by Johann Friedrich Bahrdt, had a certain afterlife, as it became the state anthem of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

From 1839 he was head of the teachers' choir founded by Heinrich Riefstahl (1814-1850) in Neustrelitz. He officiated as interim conductor at the court opera and then became director of the Grand Ducal Theater in Neustrelitz.

In 1854 he married the court actress Wilhelmine Löschner (1814–1904) in an inappropriate marriage. The couple had no children.

Works

  • Das Grab des Mufti , opera, libretto by Carl August Görner , premiered in 1835
  • Die Fürstin von Messina , opera, libretto by Johann Friedrich Bahrdt , first performed in 1840 ( digitized text book )
  • Three Mecklenburg songs: For use in elementary schools. Ferdinand Dümmler publishing house, Neustrelitz 1842
  • Folk anthem Vandalia
  • Overture to the festival The rune last saying. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the reign of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz I of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (performed on April 26, 1835 in Ludwigslust ) in the music collection of the Schwerin State Library

literature

  • Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 7202 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See WWW-MV, also LBMV: place of birth not Neubrandenburg
  2. ↑ a b Kösener corps lists 1910 , 87 , 124; "Karl v. Oertzen ”from / to“ Kotelow ”- both Klockow and Kotelow were his father's goods.
  3. ↑ As district administrator, however, he is in the state calendars of both Mecklenburg sub-duchies and in the lists of officials from Helge Bei der Wieden [ Outline of German Administrative History 1815-1945. - Vol. B.13: Mecklenburg. (1976)] not detectable. Maybe a mix-up with Ludwig v. Oertzen (1804–1879), who was District Administrator of the Duchy of Güstrow from 1869–1879? Members of the Oertzen dynasty - and perhaps he, too - always had foreign (Pomeranian?) District titles.
  4. ↑ Weekly advertisements for the Principality of Ratzeburg No. 77/1871 of September 26, 1871, p. 2
  5. ↑ Database Opening Night! Opera & Oratorio Premieres , Stanford University
  6. ↑ Database Opening Night! Opera & Oratorio Premieres , Stanford University
personal data
SURNAME Oertzen, Carl Ludwig von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Oertzen, Carl von (real name); Oertzen, Karl von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and composer
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1801
PLACE OF BIRTH Klockow
DATE OF DEATH September 24, 1871
Place of death Schoenberg (Mecklenburg)