Ferdinand Pálffy
Count Ferdinand Pálffy von Erdőd (born January 31, 1774 in Vienna ; † February 4, 1840 there ) was an Austro-Hungarian mining engineer, civil servant and theater entrepreneur.
Life
Ferdinand Pálffy comes from the Hungarian noble family of the Pálffys , who belong to the ancient nobility , and was the son of Count Leopold Pálffy von Erdőd (1739–1799).
From 1794 to 1796 he attended the Schemnitz Mining Academy , which at that time belonged to Hungary , and then entered the civil service. In 1807 he belonged next to Prince Joseph Lobkowitz to the Society of Nobles, which acquired the Theater an der Wien , and later also the Burgtheater and the Theater am Kärntnertor .
Pálffy was one of the supporters of Ludwig van Beethoven and ensured that the composer was given a free seat "close behind the orchestra" in the Theater an der Wien as early as 1813 - due to his hearing loss - which, however, did not prevent Beethoven from doing this via Pálffy in the theater To scold "excessively loud". This is reported by Louis Spohr , who was Kapellmeister at the Theater an der Wien from 1813 to 1815.
Under Count Pálffy, the Theater an der Wien experienced the premiere of Helmina von Chézy's play Rosamunde on December 20, 1823 with the incidental music by Franz Schubert . Probably as a thank you, Schubert dedicated his B flat major sonata for piano four hands D 617 to Count Pálffy.
In 1826 he lost his entire fortune through speculation and was forced to sell the theaters at auction. Fearing arrest for his outstanding debts, he fled from Vienna to Pressburg , where he stayed for several years before returning to Vienna.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Pálffy von Erdöd, Ferdinand Graf . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 21st part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1870, pp. 202–204 ( digitized version ).
- Anton Bauer: 150 years of Theater an der Wien. Zurich / Leipzig / Vienna 1952, pp. 92–114.
- Rudolfine furnace bowl: Ferdinand Graf Pálffy. A life for the theater . Phil. Diss., Vienna 1965.
- Edith Martkl: Pálffy von Erdőd Ferdinand Gf .. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 7, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1978, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 299.
- Ernst Hilmar , Margret Jestremski (Hrsg.): Schubert-Lexikon. 2nd Edition. Graz 1997, p. 337.
- Peter Clive: Beethoven and His World: A Biographical Dictionary. New York 2001, pp. 257f.
- Edith Marktl: Pálffy, Ferdinand Graf. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , p. 12 ( digitized version ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Lorenz, Studien zum Schubertkreis , Phil. Diss., Vienna 2001.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pálffy, Ferdinand |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pálffy von Erdőd, Ferdinand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian mining engineer, civil servant and theater entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 31, 1774 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 4, 1840 |
| Place of death | Vienna |