Ferdinand Pelzer

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Ferdinand Pelzer (* 1801 in Trier , † 1861 in London ) was a German guitarist and music teacher.

Life

Pelzer first studied mathematics and music, especially singing, in Trier. In 1820 he met the English officer George Phillips, who invited him to his London home. Pelzer then moved with his wife Marie and quickly established himself as a guitarist and guitar teacher. He dedicated his guitar school Instructions for the Spanish Guitar , first published in 1833, to George Phillips. In terms of content, the work was mainly influenced by the Italian guitarist Giuseppe Anelli , who lives in London .

The first edition of the guitar magazine The Giulianiad - or Guitarist's Magazine, published by Pelzer, Felix Horetzky and Leonard Schulz - was also published in 1833 . This world's first guitar magazine was named in honor of the contemporary virtuoso Mauro Giuliani , but was discontinued in 1835 after 13 issues.

Pelzer dealt with methods of music education and was of the opinion that musical education leads to moral and religious improvement. When the Privy Council set up a commission to manage the public education budget in 1839 , Pelzer hoped that his "universal system of music education," which he published in 1842, would be taken into account. However, this hope was not fulfilled.

Pelzer's daughters were also guitarists: Catharina Josepha Pratten was, like her later husband Robert Sidney Pratten, a much-noticed child prodigy and was known as Madame Sidney Pratten both as a concert guitarist and as a guitar teacher, her sister Giulia Pelzer also worked as a guitar teacher.

plant

  • 1833: Instructions for the Spanish Guitar ( second edition facsimile )
  • 1833–1835 co-editor of The Giulianiad magazine
  • 1842: Music for the People, based on his Universal System of Instruction in Music

literature

  • Stuart W. Button: Ferdinand Pelzer: An Introduction To A Neglected Achievement . British Journal of Music Education, Vol. 6, 1989, pp. 241-250
  • Stuart W. Button: "The Teaching of the Guitar in England during the 19th Century" EGTA UK, 1992 online
  • Kenneth Sparr: "Den äldsta gitarrtidskriften: The Giulianiad." Online (PDF; 205 kB)

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sparr, p. 1
  2. ^ Stuart W. Button: Julian Bream: The Foundations of a Musical Career . Westport 2006, p. 4
personal data
SURNAME Pelzer, Ferdinand
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German guitarist and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH 1801
PLACE OF BIRTH trier
DATE OF DEATH 1861
Place of death London