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.

personal data
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

[Meyerbeer-1] 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.

[Hugo_Riemann-2] 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.