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Heinrich Arrow

Heinrich Pfeil (born December 18, 1835 in Leipzig ; † April 17, 1899 there ) was a German composer , editor and music writer .

Life

Heinrich Pfeil was the son of a printer . He attended the Ratsfreischule in Leipzig. Here he received musical instructions from his music teacher Carl Friedrich Zöllner .

After leaving school, he completed an apprenticeship as a bookseller and then worked as an editor of the "Leipziger Stadt- und Dorfanzeiger", of which he was also editor from 1884 to 1889.

In 1862 he took over the editing of the "Sängerhalle", the official journal of the German Singers Association . He kept this editorial office until 1887. From 1890 to 1896 he lived in Glauchau , where he published the “Glauchauer Zeitung”. He then returned to his hometown of Leipzig and lived in the Gohlis district on Straßburger Strasse (today Daumierstrasse).

Pfeil came into contact with choral music early on. He was particularly interested in folk songs and popular singing in amateur choirs. Here he was also involved as a composer and writer. Numerous songs, some of which have become very popular, come from his pen with music and lyrics. In his literary work, his aim was to appeal to broad groups of the people.

Works (selection)

  • Numerous songs, especially for male choir. Two of the best known are Still rests the lake and I want to be and remain a son of the people .
  • Good children - good people - school of wisdom and virtue in real life examples; Tales from the history of the old and new times . Leipzig, Otto Spamer publishing house, 1874
The Heinrich-Pfeil-Monument in Leipzig-Gohlis
  • Christmas fairy tales and Christmas stories. The most beautiful festive season in poetry and truth . Leipzig, Verlag Otto Spamer, 1877 (Reprint Braunschweig Archive 2003)
  • Little musicians' stories. Seriousness and humor from the lives of famous musicians . Leipzig, Otto Spamer, 1878 (new edition Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2010)
  • Germans say. Told the German youth and our people again . Leipzig, Spamer, 1896. Fourth edition
  • Tonkünstler-Merkbüchlein, small encyclopedia for musicians and music lovers . F. Shepherd and Son, 1875
  • Outline of the history of music , edited by Heinrich Pfeil (self-published)
  • German singers' calendar , published by Heinrich Pfeil. Thiele publishing house in Leipzig five years from 1875
  • Collection of the most popular male choirs , edited by Heinrich Pfeil. Leipzig, Peters Music Library

Honors

  • The Pfeilstraße in the Großzschocher district of Leipzig has been named after him since 1929 .
  • In 1930, the city of Leipzig erected a Heinrich-Pfeil monument made of Franconian limestone in the Gohlis district , the portrait relief of which was created by the sculptor Wil Howard (1879–1945).

literature

  • Horst Riedel: Stadtlexikon Leipzig from A to Z . PRO LEIPZIG, Leipzig 2005, ISBN 3-936508-03-8 , p. 465 (unfortunately with incorrect information about the year of death)

Web links

References and comments

  1. ↑ This newspaper was called in the subtitle "Official Journal for the Royal Administrative Authority Leipzig as well as for the Royal District Courts Leipzig, Taucha and Markranstädt, the health insurance office in Leipzig, the municipal council and municipal board of Gohlis, Eutritzsch, Mockau as well as for the city councils in Taucha and Markranstädt" and was valid as the mouthpiece of the Dresden government.
  2. ^ Musicalion.com
  3. ↑ Jandeks slowari ( Memento from June 30, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  4. ↑ Leipzig Lexicon
personal data
SURNAME Arrow, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Arrow, Anton Theodor Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer, editor and music writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 18, 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH April 17, 1899
Place of death Leipzig