Heinrich Conrad Schleinitz
Heinrich Conrad Schleinitz (born October 1, 1802 in Zschaitz , † May 13, 1881 in Leipzig ) was a German lawyer and tenor .
Life
Schleinitz was born in 1802 as the son of a school principal in Zschaitz near Döbeln . He was a student at the St. Thomas School in Leipzig . After graduating from high school, he studied law at the University of Leipzig . He received his doctorate as Dr. iur. and worked as a lawyer in Leipzig. Later he received a musical education. He appeared as a tenor at a festival in Halle in 1830 and sang Mendelssohn's Elias in Leipzig in 1848 . After he was appointed to the administrative board of the Leipzig Gewandhaus , in 1835 he stood up for Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy in the office of Gewandhauskapellmeister . A lifelong friendship developed between them. So it was A Midsummer Night's Dream and Night Song dedicated. After Mendelssohn's death in 1847, he became director of the Leipzig Conservatory . Schleinitz died in Leipzig in 1881, almost completely blind .
literature
- Hugo Riemann ’s Musiklexikon , 10th edition, edited by Alfred Einstein , Berlin: Max Hesse, 1922, p. 1143
- Robert Schumann , Diaries , ed. by Gerd Nauhaus and Georg Eismann, Volume 3: Household Books , Part 2: 1847–1847 , Leipzig: Deutscher Verlag für Musik, Leipzig 1982, p. 909.
Web links
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1843–1847) | Heinrich Conrad Schleinitz (1847–1881) | Otto Günther (1881–1897) | Carl Reinecke (1897–1902) | Arthur Nikisch (1902–1907) | Stephan Krehl (1907–1924) | Max von Pauer (1924–1932) | Walther Davisson (1932–1942) | Johann Nepomuk David (1942–1945) | Heinrich Schachtebeck (1945–1948) | Rudolf Fischer (1948–1973) | Gustav Schmahl (1973–1984) | Peter Herrmann (1984–1987) | Werner Felix (1987–1990) | Siegfried Thiele (1990–1997) | Christoph Krummacher (1997–2003) | Konrad Körner (2003–2006) | Robert Ehrlich (2006–2015) | Martin Kürschner (since 2015)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schleinitz, Heinrich Conrad |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer and tenor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 1, 1802 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zschaitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 13, 1881 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |