Friedrich Wilhelm Jähns

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Friedrich Wilhelm Jähns, 1850

Friedrich Wilhelm Jähns (born January 2, 1809 in Berlin ; † August 8, 1888 there ) was a German singing teacher, composer and music writer and royal Prussian music director.

origin

His parents were the Berlin master music box maker and artisan Johann Christoph Jähns (1766-1833) and his wife Dorothea Sophia Koch (1767-1833).

Life

Jähns performed on a private stage in Berlin when he was young, but later gave up his theater career to devote himself to singing lessons. The number of his pupils, of whom he trained more than 900, including Princess Luise of Prussia, testifies to his success in this field . From 1828 to 1838 he was a singer in the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin . He also proved himself as a conductor at numerous performances by the choir founded by him in 1845 and directed until 1870.

In the meantime he was also creative in almost all areas of composition and met with general approval, especially with his vocal works.

Jähns published the catalog raisonné in 1871: Carl Maria von Weber in his works, a chronological and thematic catalog of all his compositions . The numbering in this Jähnsverzeichnis is abbreviated as J. or JV .

He added a biography to the directory: Carl Maria von Weber, a sketch of his life based on authentic sources (Leipzig 1873).

Wilhelm Jähns died in Berlin in 1888 at the age of 79. His grave is in Cemetery I of the Jerusalem and New Church Congregation in Berlin-Kreuzberg .

family

In 1833 he married Ida von Klöden (1816–1886), a daughter of Karl Friedrich von Klöden (1786–1856). His son was Lieutenant Colonel Max Jähns (1837-1900).

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende: Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , p. 214.