Emil Flechsig
Emil Flechsig (born November 24, 1808 in Wiesenburg , † December 17, 1878 in Zwickau ) was a German Lutheran clergyman, librettist and the father of the famous brain researcher and neuroanatomist Paul Flechsig .
Life
Emil Flechsig's father was an actuary . Flechsig studied theology in Leipzig from 1827 to 1831. He was enrolled on May 18, 1827. In 1828 he occupied the same apartment as his childhood friend, the later composer Robert Schumann . He has had a lifelong friendship with him since his high school years in Zwickau. After completing his studies, he went back to Zwickau and initially became a teacher. In 1838 he was licensed in Zwickau at St. Marienkirche, in 1844 a deacon , in 1851 protodeacon . In 1873 he retired. This pastor's position was then withdrawn.
The libretto of the secular oratorio Das Paradies und die Peri (op. 50) was translated by Emil Flechsig based on the Orient epic Lalla Rookh by Thomas Moore and edited together with the composer. It was completed in May 1843. The premiere took place on December 4, 1843 in Leipzig.
Flechsig is an important witness to Schumann's youth, and probably beyond, through the memories he handed down about Schumann. Flechsig's lasting significance lies in the translation of Paradise and the Peri for the oratorio, which Schumann himself initially wanted to be understood as poetry in order to emphasize what is “new” in the setting. Schumann himself considered it his “greatest work”.
On the other hand, almost nothing is known about Flechsig's long service in the Marienkirche in Zwickau.
Fonts
- Memories of Robert Schumann. Written around 1875, first printed in: Neue Zeitschrift für Musik , Volume 117, Issue 7/8, July / August 1956, pp. 392–396. archive.org
Web links
- Works by and about Emil Flechsig in the catalog of the German National Library
- zwickau.de
References and comments
- ↑ This article was processed in Mario Todte : Robert Schumann and the University of Leipzig 1828/29 . In: Joachim Bauer, Jens Blecher (ed.): The “academic” Schumann and the Jena doctorate from 1840 (series of publications by the Leipzig University Archives, Volume 14). Leipzig 2010, pp. 9–22. here p. 15 f.
- ↑ On Paul Flechsig and his ancestors: Paul Flechsig: Meine Myelogenetic Hirnlehre: With biographical introduction. Berlin 1927. Some biographical details on Schumann, ibid. P. 4 f.
- ^ University archive Leipzig: Rector B 53
- ↑ Flechsig, Emil (1808–1878). In: Schumann Portal. Accessed August 30, 2020 .
- ↑ University Archiv Leipzig: Med.Fak. Personnel file 4140 Paul Flechsig, p. 2.
- ↑ Information on his ecclesiastical career, see: Reinhold Grünberg (Hrsg.): Sächsisches Pfarrerbuch. Freiberg 1940.
- ↑ Reinhold Grünberg (Ed.): Saxon Pastor's Book. Freiberg 1940, p. 723.
- ↑ Hans Joachim Köhler : Robert Schumann: His life and work in the Leipzig years. Leipzig 1986, p. 75.
- ↑ Wolfgang Boetticher (ed.): Letters and poems from the album by Robert and Clara Schumann. Leipzig 1979, p. 249 f.
- ↑ books.google.de
- ↑ books.google.de
- ↑ tamino-klassikforum.at
- ↑ alexanderfest.info
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Flechsig, Emil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Lutheran clergyman, father of the brain researcher and neuroanatomist Paul Flechsig |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 24, 1808 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wiesenburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 17, 1878 |
| Place of death | Zwickau |