Ferdinand Simon Gassner
Ferdinand Simon Gaßner (born January 16, 1798 in Vienna , † February 25, 1851 in Karlsruhe ) was a violinist , composer and music writer. His father was Simon Gassner, a painter.
Gaßner received his artistic training in Karlsruhe, played at the National Theater in Mainz from 1816 and became music director in Gießen in 1819 . In 1826 he became a member of the Karlsruhe court orchestra and in 1830 court music director in Karlsruhe, where he died on February 25, 1851. In addition to several compositions, he published a number of writings on music, including: Score knowledge (Karlsruhe 1843, 2 vols.) And a universal dictionary of music (Stuttgart 1847).
Gaßner was a Freemason and as such, among other things, the first master of the chair of the Leopold zur Treue lodge in Karlsruhe, founded in 1847 .
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Gaßner, Ferdinand Simon . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 5th part. Typogr.-literar.-artist publishing house. Establishment (L. C. Zamarski & C. Dittmarsch.), Vienna 1859, p. 98 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Moritz Fürstenau : Gaßner, Ferdinand Simon . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1878, p. 406 f.
- Gassner Ferdinand Simon. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 408.
Web links
- Literature by and about Ferdinand Simon Gaßner in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gassner, Ferdinand Simon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austro-German musician and music writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 16, 1798 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 25, 1851 |
| Place of death | Karlsruhe |