Gustav Adolf Keferstein

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Memorial plaque in Wickerstedt

Gustav Adolf Keferstein (born December 13, 1799 (1798?) In Kröllwitz , † January 19, 1861 in Wickerstedt ) was a German Protestant pastor , critic and music writer . He often used the pseudonym Karl Stein .

family

Keferstein can look back on a long family history at Papiermüller. His father was Heinrich Christoph Adolph Keferstein (1773-1853), the mother was the daughter of a pastor Schwalenberg from Berßel . He still had three siblings. Keferstein married Emilie Schieferdecker from Dresden on March 2, 1824 . He had four children with her (1 son, 3 daughters).

Life

Keferstein started his career in Jena as a deacon at the garrison church . From 1840 to 1861 he worked as a pastor in Wickerstedt. Keferstein was a well-known music critic and close friends with Clara and Robert Schumann . He was a doctor of philosophy.

Works

  • The dark side of art. Publisher Friedrich Mauke, Jena 1840
  • About the relationship between music and education. A lecture, 1841
  • The introduction of rhythmic chant, discussed historically, critically and practically, 1851
  • Neue Zeitschrift für Musik, Leipzig as co-author of Schumann

literature

  • Christian Keferstein : Memories from the life of an old Geognoste a. Ethnographers with news about the Keferstein family. Ed. Anton, Halle 1855.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Official Journal of the City of Bad Sulza. of March 15, 2007, p. 2.
  2. ↑ Manfred W. Krumeich: In the magic realm of music: Zaubergeige, Wunderhorn and Co. Books on Demand, ISBN 978-3-8423-3183-9 , 2011, p. 212.
personal data
SURNAME Keferstein, Gustav Adolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Keferstein, Gustav Adolph; Stein, Karl (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pastor, critic, educator and music writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 13, 1798 or December 13, 1799
PLACE OF BIRTH Kröllwitz
DATE OF DEATH January 19, 1861
Place of death Wickerstedt