Heinrich Stölzel

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Heinrich Stölzel (born September 7, 1777 in Schneeberg , † February 16, 1844 in Berlin ) was a German musician.

Life

Stölzel was born the son of a town musician. He learned to play numerous instruments, including harp , violin , trumpet and horn . In 1800 Wilhelm I, Prince of Pless, hired him as a Hautboist . At that time the military musicians played under this name. In this position he played the horn.

During this time he also devoted himself to the further development of the horn, which at that time was still played as the invention horn. In order to expand the tonal range of this instrument, which only consisted of the natural tones and those that could be achieved by "plugging", he experimented with valves, with the help of which he diverted the air into interposed tubes, lengthening them and a deeper one Could achieve sound. Already in 1814 one of his valve instruments could be played.

After he had acquired the patent rights of Friedrich Blühmel , who had independently developed a chromatic instrument with the help of valves, his instrument was applied for a patent on April 12, 1818 for 10 years.

In the same year, on October 16, 1818, the first work for valve horn was premiered: The Concertino for three French horns and a chromatic valve horn created by the composer and horn player Georg Abraham Schneider .

Based on Stölzel's valve horn, which was initially only equipped with two valves, there was a further development to three valves, which were also built into other brass instruments and brought the whole family of instruments to completely new uses in orchestras. The chromatic horn prevailed in all orchestras until around 1860.

literature

  • Günther Dullat: Metallinstrumentenbau - Development stages and technology , Verlag Erwin Bochinsky GmbH & Co KG 1989, pp. 147–157, ISBN 978-3923639793

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Robert Ostermeyer: french-horn.net - 1814 Heinrich Stölzels valve invention | french-horn.net. In: www.french-horn.net. Retrieved June 30, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Stölzel, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1777
PLACE OF BIRTH Schneeberg
DATE OF DEATH February 16, 1844
Place of death Berlin