Friedrich Wilhelm Arnold

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Friedrich Wilhelm Arnold in an academic gown with the manuscript of his novella "Die Blutbrücke"

Friedrich Wilhelm Arnold (born March 3, 1810 in Sontheim near Heilbronn , † February 12, 1864 in Elberfeld ) was a German musician, music dealer , publisher and folk song researcher.

Life

Arnold spent his childhood on his parents' estate in Sontheim near Heilbronn, where he received musical lessons from his father, the music director Theodor Joseph Franz Arnold, from an early age. He studied theology and philosophy in Tübingen and Freiburg and received his doctorate in philosophy in 1832. Arnold began his professional life in Cologne , where he worked as an editor, theater and opera critic, at times as choir director of the Deutsche Oper and as a dramaturge. From 1835 to 1840 Arnold was managing director and at times co-owner of the music trade and music publisher Eck & Comp. in Cologne. During this time he was also active as a writer and published several historical novels between 1835 and 1841. In terms of music, Arnold edited several issues of the “Pfennig Magazine for Singing and Guitar” and also published his own arrangements for guitar, piano and violin.

In 1836, Arnold Maria Henriette married Amalia Frambach (1805–1867), daughter of the Cologne city tax officer Johann Heinrich Frambach (1771–1821). The marriage had three children: Ursula (born 1837), Jakob (1840–1877) and Agnes (1843–1876). Ursula, also called Lina, was a piano student of Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms , with whom she stayed in contact all her life. Jakob, also called Emil, took over his father's business after Arnold's death.

In 1841 Arnold moved to Elberfeld, where he founded his own music shop and seven years later a music publisher. He has published over 700 works, including by Ludwig van Beethoven , Franz Liszt , Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy , Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Robert Schumann  and Franz Schubert . He maintained business and friendly contacts with several contemporary composers, such as Robert and Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms .

Around 1850 Arnold intensified his research into German folk songs. He worked with like-minded people such as Philipp Wackernagel , Anton Wilhelm von Zuccalmaglio , Karl Simrock , Johannes Brahms and Ludwig Uhland . One result of this long and detailed work was his collection “German folk songs from old and new times”, which was published posthumously.

In the late 1850s Arnold got access to the " Locheimer Liederbuch ", a manuscript with songs from the period from the late Middle Ages to the early Renaissance, and began to edit it. In 1863 Arnold was asked by Friedrich Chrysander , editor of the music magazine "Jahrbücher für Musikische Wissenschaft", to submit his work for publication. Shortly before his death from a stroke on February 12, 1864, Arnold sent the manuscript to Chrysander. After a revision by Heinrich Bellermann , the work was published in the yearbooks in 1867.

Publications

Novellas

  • The virtuoso from Genoa . In: Hell T, ed. Penelope. Paperback for 1835, Volume 24. Leipzig, JC Hinrichsche Buchhandlung. 1835, 227-353.
  • The Chouan. Historical novella from the last decade . Leipzig, Chr. E. Kollmann. 1841, 388 pages.
  • The virtuoso from Genoa, Die Sternauer . Leipzig, Chr. E. Kollmann. 1841, 301 pages.
  • The blood bridge, the outlaw, the fog man . Leipzig, Chr. E. Kollmann. 1841, 354 pages.

Release

  • Pfennig magazine for vocals and guitar . Cologne, Gaul & Tonger, 1834-5 (year 1). Then: HEBE a penny magazine for friends of singing and the guitar . Köln, Gaul & Tonger, 1837 (year 2), 1838 (year 3), 1839 (year 4).
  • Arnold FW. German folk songs, collected from old and new times and provided with piano accompaniment . Elberfeld, Arnold. 1864–1871: Issues 1–9.
  • Arnold FW. The Locheimer songbook along with the Arsorganandi by Conrad Paumann . In: Chrysander F (Ed.). Yearbooks for Musical Science, Volume II. Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel. 1867: 234 pp.

literature

  • Marie-Luise Baum. Arabesque from the history of music in Wuppertal. In memory of FW Arnold . In: Our Bergische Heimat, local history monthly supplement to the General-Anzeiger of the city of Wuppertal, bulletin of the Bergisches Geschichtsverein, year 10 (October 28, 1961), pp. 1–2.
  • Friedrich Chrysander, Heinrich Bellermann. Epilogue . In: Chrysander F (Ed.). Yearbooks of Musical Science, Volume II . Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel 1867, pp. 225–234.
  • rs FW Arnold, +11.2.1864: a short necrology . In: Elberfelder Zeitung 1864, No. 58 (Feb. 27, 1864).
  • Ernst-Gottfried Risch. 100 years of service to Wuppertal's music. For the business anniversary of the music store AP Küpper . General-Anzeiger Wuppertal 25/26 October 1941.
  • Barbara Schwendowius. Friedrich Wilhelm Arnold . Edited by Dietrich Kämper. Rhenish Musicians , Volume 7. In: Contributions to the History of Rhenish Music, Issue 97. Arno-Volk-verlag, Cologne 1972, pp. 9-14.
  • Florian Speer. Pianos and grand pianos from Wupperthale - instrument making in the Wupper region and on the Lower Rhine during the 19th century using the example of the organ and piano building family Ibach . Comprehensive University of Wuppertal. Dissertation , February 2000, 680 pages.
  • Arrey von Dommer:  Arnold, Friedrich Wilhelm . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 585 f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thomas Adolf: The register of the University of Freiburg im Breisgau from 1806-1870 . Ed .: Albert Ludwig University. Freiburg 1991, p. 332 .
  2. ^ Civil status register, Cologne Regional Court District, Cologne registry office, Marriage, 1836. In: Historical Archive of the City of Cologne. 1836, Retrieved October 1, 2018 .
  3. ^ Civil status register, Cologne Regional Court District, Cologne registry office, Births, 1837. In: Historical Archive of the City of Cologne. 1837, Retrieved October 2, 2018 .
  4. ^ Civil status register, Cologne Regional Court District, Cologne registry office, Births, 1840. In: Historical Archive of the City of Cologne. 1840, Retrieved October 2, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Wuppertal City Archives: Elberfeld registry office, Births 1843, Certificate No. 1071
  6. ↑ Hrosvith Dahmen: Correspondence of Robert Schumann with the publisher Arnold in Elberfeld 1839-1855 . Ed .: Dahmen H, Synofzik T, Ed. Schumann Briefedition, Series III, Robert and Clara Schumann's correspondence with publishers in West and South Germany. 1st edition. tape 5 . Christoph Dohr, Cologne 2008, ISBN 978-3-86846-039-1 , p. 73-129 .
  7. ^ Berthold Litzmann: Clara Schumann: An artist's life based on diaries and letters . tape 2 . Breitkopf and Härtel, Leipzig 1905, p. 373 .
  8. ^ Letter from Lina Souchon, b. Arnold, to Johannes Brahms of January 8, 1877, Brahms Institute at the Lübeck University of Music , No. 335a, 2
  9. ↑ Directory of music, published in the publishing house of FW Arnold in Elberfeld . F. Hofmeister, Leipzig 1870, p. 1-32 .
  10. ↑ George Bozarth: The Origin of Brahms's In Stiller Nacht . In: Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association . tape 53 , no. 2 , 1996, p. 363-380 .
  11. ^ Letter from FW Arnold to Heinrich Bellermann of March 5, 1863, Central and State Library Berlin, call number: GL 175/1/41. See also: Kalliope Union Catalog .
  12. ^ Letter from FW Arnold to Heinrich Bellermann dated December 20, 1863, Central and State Library Berlin, call number: GL 175/1/47. See also: Kalliope Union Catalog .
personal data
SURNAME Arnold, Friedrich Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician, music dealer, publisher and folk song researcher
DATE OF BIRTH March 3, 1810
PLACE OF BIRTH Sontheim (Heilbronn)
DATE OF DEATH February 12, 1864
Place of death Elberfeld