Hans Adolph Friedrich von Eschstruth
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Hans Adolph Friedrich von Eschstruth , until 1773 without a title of nobility (born January 28, 1756 in Homberg (Efze) , † April 30, 1792 in Kassel ), was a German lawyer, music writer and composer .
Life
Hans Adolph Friedrich Eschstruth was born as the son of the Hesse-Kassel captain and later chief pensioner and colonel in Schmalkalden Johann Adolph Eschstruth (1728–1802) and his wife Bertha, born in Homberg in northern Hesse . Freiin Wolff von Gudenberg (1738–1798) was born. His father was raised to hereditary imperial nobility on November 2, 1773 in Vienna , which passed on to his son Hans Adolph Friedrich and the other descendants.
Eschstruth received his school education in Schmalkalden from the rector there, Georg Leo Lipsius. At the age of fifteen he was able to enroll in law at the University of Rinteln in 1771 . In 1775 he moved to the University of Göttingen for another year , where he prepared for his professional life with the constitutional lawyer Johann Stephan Pütter . His first job was in 1776 as an assessor at the Hesse-Kassel administration in Marburg ; In 1780 he was appointed to the judiciary. After his transfer to Kassel in 1786, he became a real councilor there in 1788 and also court judge in 1791 .
Eschstruth married the literarily gifted Katharina Dorothea Riemenschneider (1762–1827) in Marburg in 1780, who after his death married the Marburg professor and mountain burr Johann Christoph Ullmann . She remained childless.
Hans Adolph Friedrich von Eschstruth is the great-great-uncle of the writer Nathaly von Eschstruth .
Dealing with music
Eschstruth's passion was music, to which he devoted almost all of his non-professional time until his death. His musical training probably took place in Schmalkalden in the vicinity of Johann Gottfried Vierling , and the Marburg “Universitätsmusicus” and concertmaster Bernhard Hupfeld (1717–1796) may also have influenced him. During his stay in Marburg, he became the editor and author of numerous musicological and music critical essays; his unusual orthography, especially in the musical library for artists and enthusiasts published in 1784/85 , demonstrated a tendency towards the eccentric . He also wrote poetic poems. With particular zeal he tried his hand at composing, especially of songs , but with little artistic skill and just as little response from the audience.
Memberships
In 1776 Eschstruth was accepted into the Marburg Freemasons' Lodge Zum krönten Löwen , and from 1784 he was a member of the Academy of Charitable Sciences in Erfurt .
Fonts and compositions
Writings edited by Hans Adolph Friedrich von Eschstruth with his own contributions:
- Songbook for the Kassel cadets , orphanage printing house, Kassel, 1780
- Hessian Musenalmanach, or Hessian poetic flower picking with music. 2 years, Marburg & Leipzig, 1783 & 1784.
- Musical library for artists and lovers. 2 pieces, Marburg, Gießen, Kassel 1784/85 (table of contents: Musicalische Bibliothek (Eschstruth) at Wikisource ; reprint 1977, Olms Verlag, Hildesheim & New York, snippet preview ); a third part, ready for printing in 1789, no longer appeared.
Compositions:
- Attempt in singing compositions, with complete accompaniment of the piano. Kassel 1781.
- Singing for soprano and tenor, accompanied by two violins, viola, cello and grand piano. Sr. Durchl. Dedicated to the Prince of Thurn and Taxis. Marburg 1782.
- Songs, odes and choirs, with compositions in front of the voice and clavichord. Dedicated to Her Majesty the Russian Empress. Marburg and Kassel 1783.
- Six sonatas for the clavichord. Kassel 1787.
- Miller’s songs with music and an introduction. Kassel 1788 [contains 70 songs].
- Other compositions probably remained unprinted, including marches, piano sonatins and a collection of religious songs.
literature
- Nekrolog for the year 1792. Collected by Friedrich Schlichtegroll. 3rd year, 1st volume, Gotha 1793, pp. 103-118.
- Heinrich Döring: “Eschstruth”, in: JS Publ and JG Gruber (Hrsg.): General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts ..., First Section, Eighth Thirty-eighth Part, Brockhaus, Leipzig, 1843, pp. 68-70.
- Johann Georg Meusel (Ed.): Lexicon of the German writers who died from 1750 to 1800. Third volume, Fleischer, Leipzig, 1804, p. 183
- Friedrich Wilhelm Strieder's basis for a Hessian scholar and writer story. From the Reformation to 1806. Volume 17, ed. v. Karl Wilhelm Justi . Marburg 1819, pp. 144-148.
- Rochus von Liliencron : Eschstruth, Hans Adolph Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 372 f.
- Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the noble houses. Part B. Vol. 25, Gotha 1933, p. 152 f.
- Stefan Redies: Freemasons, Knights Templar and Rosicrucians. On the history of the secret societies in Marburg in the 18th century. Marburg 1998.
Web links
References and comments
- ^ In the literature, Hans Adolph Friedrich von Eschstruth often appears as "Hans Adolph Freiherr von Eschstruth"; this is a misinterpretation of Eschstruth's first name "Friedrich", which is usually used in the abbreviation "Fr."; the von Eschstruth family did not rise to the rank of barons. See Strieder, p. 144 f., And Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch , p. 152 f.
- ↑ CWOA of shingle: The German writers of the 19th century. Second part M – Z. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1825, p. 374 f. books.google.de
- ↑ Döring, p. 69
- ^ A biography of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach , also completed in the manuscript in 1789, has been lost (Döring, p. 69).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eschstruth, Hans Adolph Friedrich von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer, music writer and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1756 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Homberg (Efze) |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 30, 1792 |
| Place of death | kassel |