Georg Jacob Vollweiler
Georg Jacob Vollweiler (erroneously Johann Georg Vollweiler ; born November 29, 1770 in Eppingen ; † November 17, 1847 in Heidelberg ) was a German composer , music teacher and music theorist .
Live and act
Georg Jacob Vollweiler lived first as a music teacher and composer in Frankfurt am Main, then in the house of the André family in Offenbach, where he gave composition lessons to Johann Anton André and Aloys Schmitt from 1790 to 1791 . He then worked in Heidelberg as a piano and composition teacher. According to his contemporaries, he was considered a conscientious music theorist. His son Carl Vollweiler (1813–1847) was also one of his students .
Vollweiler composed chamber music , a method for piano lessons that was published by Schott-Verlag Mainz , as well as a hymn book for school lessons.
literature
- Michael Kassler: Vollweiler's Introduction of Music Lithography to England . In: Michael Kassler (Ed.): The Music Trade in Georgian England . Ashgate, Farnham (Surrey / England) 2001, pp. 451-505.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Georg Zänger: Alois Schmitt: A life for music . 2011, p. 6, mentioned as Johann Georg Vollweiler
- ^ Eduard Bernsdorf : New Universal Lexicon of Tonkunst . Volume 3. Offenbach 1861, p. 825, books.google.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vollweiler, Georg Jacob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer, pianist and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 29, 1770 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eppingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 17, 1847 |
| Place of death | Heidelberg |