Heinrich Henkel (musician)
Martin Georg Heinrich Henkel (born February 16, 1822 in Fulda ; † April 10, 1899 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German music teacher , pianist and composer .
Life
Heinrich Henkel was born the son of the Fulda cantor and composer Michael Henkel . He was first taught by his father, later he received piano lessons from Aloys Schmitt and Ferdinand Keßler. He was trained in music theory by Johann Anton André , in whose publishing archive he also cataloged the manuscripts of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , which is considered important preparatory work for the Köchel directory . In Leipzig, Henkel studied with Julius Knorr and Ignaz Moscheles in 1846/47 .
In 1860 in Frankfurt am Main he founded a music school together with Johann Christian Hauff and others, the predecessor of today's city music school. In 1883 he was appointed Royal Prussian Music Director and in 1890 an honorary doctorate from the University of Marburg.
literature
- Axel Beer : Henkel (family). In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 8 (Gribenski - Hilverding). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2002, ISBN 3-7618-1118-7 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
- Fritz Melde: Heinrich Henkel. A picture of life (Nekrolog). In: Hessenland, magazine for Hessian history and literature. Vol. 13, No. 11 (June 1, 1899), pp. 135-139 ( digitized version ).
- Robert Pessenlehner, Gottfried Rehm: Henkel (family). In: Friedrich Blume (Hrsg.): The music in past and present (MGG). First edition, Volume 16 (Supplement 2: Eardsen - Zweibrücken). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 1976, DNB 550439609 , Sp. 653–656 (= Digital Library Volume 60, pp. 33473–33482)
- Wolfgang Plath: Mozartiana in Fulda and Frankfurt. News about Heinrich Henkel and his estate. In: Mozart-Jahrbuch 1968/70, ISSN 0342-0256 , pp. 333–386.
- Caroline Valentin: Henkel, Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 50, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1905, pp. 188-190.
Web links
- Works by and about Heinrich Henkel in the German Digital Library
- Sheet music and audio files from Henkel, Heinrich in the International Music Score Library Project
- Entry on Heinrich Henkel in Kalliope
- Article Heinrich Henkel in the Rhönlexikon , according to source Gottfried Rehm: Musikantenleben. Contributions to the music history of Fulda and the Rhön in the 18th and 19th centuries , Fulda 1997
- Heinrich Henkel , church music in the diocese of Fulda
Individual evidence
- ↑ 150 Years of the Frankfurt Music School , accessed on January 9, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Henkel, Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Henkel, Martin Georg Heinrich (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German music teacher, pianist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 16, 1822 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fulda |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 10, 1899 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |