Henriette Faisst

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Henriette Faisst

Marie Henriette Faißt , née Cluss (born March 9, 1831 in Heilbronn ; † July 30, 1902 there ) was the founder of the "Henriette and Hugo Faißt Foundation", which finances musical life and major musical works such as oratorios and choral works. Karl Grunsky (1871–1943) - German historian and music writer - paid tribute to her life and work . The book A House for Flowers and Music: Henriette Faißt in Heilbronn and Hugo Wolf , which was published by the International Hugo Wolf Academy , is also dedicated to Henriette Faißt and her relationship with musicians like Hugo Wolf and Ernst Friedrich Kauffmann .

Life

In 1859 she married Andreas Faißt . She was 45 years old when she moved into Villa Faisst with her husband and the two boys August and Hugo . Andreas died three years after moving in. Henriette then lived as a single widow with her two teenage sons in the house. Henriette is considered to be the "patron of Heilbronn's musical life" and the "generous donor" of a legacy of 300,000 gold marks for the "Henriette and Hugo Faißt Foundation", whose interest finances the support of musical people and the performance of great musical works such as oratorios and choral works should be.

reception

Karl Grunsky (1871–1943), German historian and music writer, described the life and work of Henriette Faißt in his 1914 Nekrolog . The International Hugo Wolf Academy had submitted a new edition of the letters it had written to Hugo Wolf and Ernst Friedrich Kauffmann and his widow.

literature

  • Annette Geisler: Music in the Province. Ernst Friedrich Kaufmann in Heilbronn. In: International Hugo Wolf Academy for Singing, Poetry, Lied Art (Ed.) / [Ed .: Elisabeth Hackenbracht ...]: A house for flowers and music: Henriette Faißt in Heilbronn and Hugo Wolf , Stuttgart 2006, p. 25 - p. 34.
  • Dorthea Braun-Ribbat: A house for flowers and music. Henriette Faisst's villa in Heilbronn. In: International Hugo Wolf Academy for Singing, Poetry, Lied Art (Ed.) / [Ed .: Elisabeth Hackenbracht ...]: A house for flowers and music: Henriette Faißt in Heilbronn and Hugo Wolf , Stuttgart 2006, p. 9 - p. 13.
  • Georg Günther: A grateful memory of my life. Henriette Faißt in Heilbronn and Hugo Wolf. In: International Hugo Wolf Academy for Singing, Poetry, Lied Art (Ed.) / [Ed .: Elisabeth Hackenbracht ...]: A house for flowers and music: Henriette Faißt in Heilbronn and Hugo Wolf , Stuttgart 2006, p. 14 - p. 20.
  • Letter from Henriette Faisst to her brother Adolf Cluss in Washington. In: International Hugo Wolf Academy for Singing, Poetry, Lied Art (Ed.) / [Ed .: Elisabeth Hackenbracht ...]: A house for flowers and music: Henriette Faißt in Heilbronn and Hugo Wolf , Stuttgart 2006, p. 21st
  • Letter from the young Henriette Cluss to Marie Lohbauer, Ernst Friedrich Kaufmann's widow . In: International Hugo Wolf Academy for Singing, Poetry, Lied Art (Ed.) / [Ed .: Elisabeth Hackenbracht ...]: A house for flowers and music: Henriette Faißt in Heilbronn and Hugo Wolf , Stuttgart 2006, p. 36.
  • http://swb.bsz-bw.de/DB=2.1/PPNSET?PPN=26445149X&INDEXSET=1

Web links

Commons : Faißt  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jbrowne&id=I00113
  2. ↑ Günther, p. 14
  3. ↑ Braun-Ribbat, p. 13
  4. ↑ Braun-Ribbat, p. 13
  5. ↑ Günther, p. 14
personal data
SURNAME Faisst, Henriette
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Faiasst, Marie Henriette (full name); Cluss, Henriette (maiden name); Cluss, Marie Henriette (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German industrialist's wife, founder of the Henriette and Hugo Faißt Foundation, founder of the Hugo Wolf Academy
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH Heilbronn
DATE OF DEATH July 30, 1902
Place of death Heilbronn