Ernst Julius Hentschel

Grave of Ernst Hentschel in the old cemetery Weißenfels, today city park

Ernst Julius Hentschel (born July 26, 1804 in Zodel , † August 14, 1875 in Weißenfels ) was a German music teacher .

Life

Hentschel initially received musical training from his grandfather, the cantor and organist Hohberg in Langenwaldau near Liegnitz . After his death in 1811, Hentschel continued his training with his grandfather's successor, an organist named Prüfer. After Hentschel decided to train as a teacher in 1815, Prüfer also taught him the piano and the violin . In 1817 he was accepted at the teachers' college in Kroitsch , where he founded a wind choir and played in a string quartet. In 1821 he switched to the teachers' college in Bunzlau . In 1822 he received a call as an assistant teacher in Weißenfels. In the summer of 1823 Hentschel was able to travel to Johann Bernhard Logier in Berlin at state expense , where he also met Carl Friedrich Zelter . In 1824 Hentschel finally became a lecturer at the teachers' college in Weißenfels.

In a short time, Hentschel earned an excellent reputation as a music and mathematics teacher. In 1831 and 1833 he organized men's singing festivals in Weißenfels. He was the editor and, together with the musician Ludwig Erk, co-founder of the magazine Euterpe and wrote several important educational works.

Works

Evangelical school chorale book
Textbook of arithmetic instruction in elementary schools

literature

Wilhelm Harnisch : The Weißenfelser school teacher seminar and its auxiliary institutions: A small contribution to the history of the seminaries, the elementary schools and the deaf-mute institutions , Berlin 1838
A. Jakob (Ed.): Messages from the life of Ernst Hentschels, K. Music director and first seminar teacher in Weißenfels; biographical, educational and musical aphorisms from his correspondence with a childhood friend , Leipzig 1882
Werner Felix: Ernst Julius Hentschel, Life and Work , Weimar 1956

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personal data
SURNAME	Hentschel, Ernst Julius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH	July 26, 1804
PLACE OF BIRTH	Zodel
DATE OF DEATH	August 14, 1875
Place of death	Weissenfels