Emil Claviez
Emil Claviez (born February 14, 1866 in Reichenbach im Vogtland ; † July 17, 1931 in Adorf im Vogtland ) was a German entrepreneur in the textile industry , inventor and composer .
Life
His father had immigrated from France and had co-founded a textile factory in Reichenbach in the Vogtland. After an apprenticeship in Greiz, Claviez attended the weaving school in Chemnitz from 1883 and then became the technical director of a Chemnitz weaving mill. In 1896 he founded the Saxon art weaving mill Claviez AG in Plagwitz near Leipzig , and in 1898 relocated it to Adorf in the Vogtland as Carpet and Textile Works Claviez AG . This Adorf weaving and textile factory existed in Adorf until 1945 and at times had up to 3,000 employees.
As an inventor, Emil Claviez applied for several patents , in 1895 for the production of paper yarn and textilose (textile substitute) from paper webs that were dry cut into strips. With this he created the basis of the plate spinning process . With the invention of a new loom on which two carpets could be produced at the same time (double carpet weaving process), he created an essential basis for the expansion of his carpet weaving. During the First World War , paper yarn spinning gained the greatest importance in general; he also produced staple fibers from cattail reeds and was able to produce usable textile material from it.
In 1916 he presented his ideas on the production of cellulose from coniferous wood. In 1917 he founded the German Research Institute for the Textile Industry in Dresden. In 1921 he was awarded the Technical University of Dresden , the honorary doctorate .
Claviez also emerged as a benefactor and was also involved in the social field. Because he had devoted his professional career to the textile industry, he only did music as an autodidact . He was friends with the Bremen cathedral music director Eduard Nößler . After giving up his musical path as a choir director and organist, he turned to composing, which he had also learned in self-study.
Social and cultural engagement
In Adorf he was also involved in social and cultural areas.
- He was an honorary member of several associations, including the Adorfer Kirchenmusikverein, the Adorfer Turnverein and the choir "Liederkranz" and founder of the association for youth care.
- He had his own housing estate built for 53 working-class families right next to his factory. This is now a listed building and bears the name Emil-Claviez-Siedlung Adorf / Vogtl.
- In 1916, on the occasion of his silver wedding anniversary , he donated a Blüthner grand piano to the church music and concert association of the Evangelical Lutheran parish of Adorf . This has been preserved and was restored in 2012 by the "Association of Classical Music Adorf / Vogtl. EV".
Compositions
He wrote the following works, among others:
- Agnus Dei (1922), premiered in the Dresden Court Church
- Missa “In caritate Dei” (Mass in C minor), dedicated to Bishop Christian Schreiber in the Diocese of Dresden-Meißen (according to his motto “In caritate Dei”), premiered on April 19, 1925 in the Dresden Court Church under the direction of Karl Maria Pembaur , performed again on May 24, 2015 at the same location under the direction of cathedral music director Matthias Liebich
- My songs, part 1 (as a private print, published around 1925) with the following compositions: "Der 104. Psalm" for mixed choir and piano / "Mutterliebe" and "Trost" for mixed choir a cappella / "In the neighbor's garden", " Lord what you want, it will happen "and" So you love me "for voice and piano /" Abandon "for cello with piano, harmonium or organ accompaniment /" Abandon ", duet for a female and a male voice Piano (harmonium / organ) / dto., Duet for two female voices / "Be true to death", motet for choir and organ and "Agnus Dei" for mixed choir and piano
- My songs, part 2 ( verifiable in the Berlin State Library ): “Am Heldengrab” for male choir / “Lullaby” for voice and piano / suite for solo violin with piano accompaniment
Individual evidence
- ↑ Claviez, Emil in der Deutschen Biographie , accessed on May 24, 2015.
- ↑ Emil Claviez: “The importance of sodium sulfate cellulose from softwood for German industry. E. in a proposal for the production of such cellulose and paper from it in a plant to be built in Gröba near Riesa in Saxony. "Memorandum, 1916 (verifiable in the SLUB Dresden under" Barcode 32674720 ") (accessed on May 24, 2015)
- ↑ a b adorf-vogtland.de (accessed on February 22, 2016)
- ↑ klassik-adorf.de (accessed on May 24, 2015)
- ↑ Ulrike Kolmar: Program leaflet for the performance of the fair on May 24, 2015 in Dresden
- ↑ stabikat.de (accessed on May 24, 2015)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Claviez, Emil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur, inventor and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 14, 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Reichenbach in Vogtland |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 17, 1931 |
| Place of death | Adorf in Vogtland |