Christian Friedrich Kahnt
Christian Friedrich Kahnt (born May 10, 1823 in Leipzig ; † June 5, 1897 in ibid) was a German music publisher , editor and namesake for the publishing house he founded .
Life
In 1851 Christian Friedrich Kahnt founded the CF Kahnt publishing house, which operated under his name until the 20th century . Through this music publisher he published the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik (NZfM) from 1857 onwards . After the death of the music critic and scholar Franz Brendel in 1868, Kahnt also acted nominally as editor of the magazine.
Kahnt himself published a number of important works, including by Franz Liszt , as well as the opera The Barber of Baghdad by Peter Cornelius .
In 1880 Oskar Schwalm acquired the Leipziger Verlag, which then operated as CF Kahnt Nachf. And later published other important works.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Giacomo Meyerbeer . Correspondence and Diaries , Volume 8: 1860 - 1864 , de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2006, ISBN 3-11-019231-4 , p. 856; limited preview in Google Book search.
- ↑ a b c d Hugo Riemann : Musik-Lexikon , Volume 1, 2017 reprint of the original from 1916, TP Verrone Publishing House Ltd., ISBN 978-9-92504-481-8 , p. 523; limited preview in Google Book search.
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SURNAME | Kahnt, Christian Friedrich |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German founder of the publishing house, Leipzig music publisher and editor |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 10, 1823 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
DATE OF DEATH | June 5, 1897 |
Place of death | Leipzig |