Hermann Theobald Petschke

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Hermann Theobald Petschke (born March 21, 1806 in Budissin ; † January 28, 1888 in Leipzig ) was a German lawyer and composer .

life and work

He was born as the first son of Maximilian Karl August Petschke and Henriette Charitas Petschke. The father worked as a senior official in Budissin. In 1824 Hermann Theobald Petschke enrolled at the University of Leipzig . In 1830 he received his doctorate . From 1829 to 1833 Petschke worked as a private lecturer at the University of Leipzig. From 1833 he worked as a lawyer in Leipzig . He was a member of the Leipzig Art Association and the Association for Church Art in Saxony . He was also a member of the Richard Wagner Association and the Leipzig Music Association . On January 13, 1843, Petschke founded a men's choir . He composed numerous works. His compositions for male singing received great attention. Furthermore, Petschke was a member of the Gewandhaus concert directorate from 1849 . Hermann Theobald Petschke bequeathed 470,412.60 marks to the city of Leipzig in his will . The entire fortune was then to be used as a foundation fund for the purchase of works of art for the city museum. He was buried in the New Johannisfriedhof in Leipzig next to his brother Hermann Bernhard Petschke. In the course of the secularization of the New Johannis Cemetery, the tomb was moved to the Old Johannis Cemetery .

Works

credentials

  1. ^ Historical course catalogs of the University of Leipzig: Petschke, Hermann Theobald
  2. ^ Dörffel: History of the Gewandhaus Concert in Leipzig, p. 234.
  3. ^ Schmidt (Ed.) Heads or Tails. Leipzig Faces and Stories 1858–2008, p. 1878.
  4. ^ Jost / Jost: Richard Wagner and his publisher Ernst Wilhelm Fritzsch, p. 140.
  5. ↑ Senff: Guide through the musical world, p. 64.
  6. ^ Dörffel: History of the Gewandhaus Concert in Leipzig, p. 234.
  7. ^ Weiss: Reviews, in: Neue Berliner Musikzeitung, 6 (1852), p. 299
  8. ^ Creuzburg, The Gewandhaus Concerts in Leipzig 1781–1931, p. 156.
  9. ^ Paul: The new Johannisfriedhof in Leipzig, p. 187.
personal data
SURNAME Petschke, Hermann Theobald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and composer
DATE OF BIRTH March 21, 1806
PLACE OF BIRTH Budissin
DATE OF DEATH January 28, 1888
Place of death Leipzig