Hugo Faisst

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Hugo Faisst

Hugo Faißt (born October 16, 1862 in Heilbronn , † July 29, 1914 in Stuttgart ) was a German lawyer and founder of the Hugo Wolf Association in Stuttgart.

Karl Grunsky (1871–1943) - German historian and music writer - paid tribute to his life and work . The book A House for Flowers and Music: Henriette Faißt in Heilbronn and Hugo Wolf , published by the International Hugo Wolf Academy , is also dedicated to Hugo Faißt and his relationship with musicians such as Hugo Wolf .

The International Hugo Wolf Academy had submitted a new edition of Hugo Wolf's letters that he had written to his friend Hugo Faißt. The friendly relationship between the two men had aroused the academy's interest in the origins of Hugo Faißt, who founded the Hugo Wolf Association in Stuttgart and is therefore the founder of the International Hugo Wolf Academy.

Life

He was the son of the Heilbronn entrepreneur Andreas Faißt and his wife Henriette Faißt . It was planned that Hugo, like his older brother August, would manage the brewing business for the family business ( Cluss ). That is why he began studying chemistry in Berlin in 1881 after passing his school leaving examination and one year of military service in Strasbourg.

After his brother's untimely death, his mother allowed him to pursue his career choice freely. Hugo's career aspiration was to study law. He enrolled at the University of Tübingen and had been a member of the Academic Association Igel Tübingen since the summer semester of 1886 . He then completed his legal traineeship in Heilbronn, Stuttgart and Geislingen from 1892 to 1893. In Stuttgart he finally opened a law firm as a lawyer. He was a close friend of Rosa Luxemburg and performed Goethean Spring Song, a composition by Hugo Wolf , for her on her birthday . He died on July 29, 1914 in Stuttgart.

Music and Hugo Wolf

Hugo was musically gifted, so he received music lessons at the Heilbronn high school. He was further promoted by the Bohemian violinist and conductor Ernst Maschek, who was artistic director of Singkranz from 1857 to 1879.

Karl Grunsky (1871–1943), German historian and music writer ... described in his 1914 Nekrolog the influence of Henriette Faißt on her artistically inclined son Hugo: "Standing in the reality of life, she believed ... to curb Hugo's artistic inclinations" . Especially the connection between Hugo Faißt and Hugo Wolf: “The two Hugos were connected by something like a soulmate, and it was therefore natural that Faißt introduced the new friend to his mother as soon as possible - the two of them were still traveling in February 1894 to Heilbronn ” . Hugo Wolf was important to Hugo Faißt - so it later became his "life's task to support Hugo Wolf" .

The International Hugo Wolf Academy had submitted a new edition of Hugo Wolf's letters that he had written to his friend Hugo Faißt. The friendly relationship between the two men had aroused the academy's interest in the origins of Hugo Faißt, who founded the Hugo Wolf Association in Stuttgart and is therefore also considered the founder of the International Hugo Wolf Academy.

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.
  • 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. ↑ Braun-Rippat, p. 10
  2. ↑ Lothar Heinle: Hugo Faißt from Heilbronn. Friend and sponsor of Hugo Wolf at guenther-emig.de ( Memento from October 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ cf. Rosa Luxemburg's letter to Sophie Liebknecht dated April 19, 1917
  4. ^ According to the Heilbronn City Archives, contemporary history collection, signature ZS-15115, entry on Hugo Faißt in the HEUSS database
  5. ↑ Günther, p. 14
  6. ↑ Günther, p. 15
  7. ↑ Geissler, p. 32
  8. ↑ 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. 5
personal data
SURNAME Faisst, Hugo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer, founder of the Henriette and Hugo Faißt Foundation, founder of the Hugo Wolf Academy
DATE OF BIRTH October 16, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH Heilbronn
DATE OF DEATH July 29, 1914
Place of death Stuttgart