Jakob Eduard Schmölzer

Jakob Eduard Schmölzer around 1880.

Jakob Eduard Schmölzer (born March 9, 1812 in Graz ; † January 9, 1886 in Kindberg ) was an Austrian composer and collector of Styrian folk songs , e.g. B. composed by Anton Schosser .

Schmölzer learned to play the flute. Married Louise Pferschy in 1835 and moved to Kindberg in 1857 and lived in the castle. He collected Styrian songs and composed. Was called "Steirischer Liedervater" and was administrator in Oberkindberg Castle. He died in Kindberg in 1886. The Jakob Eduard Schmölzer secondary school in Kindberg is named after him.

Schmölzer's songs are sung by many Styrian choirs.

Kindberger house with the inscription: The composer Jakob Eduard Schmölzer died in this house in 1886.

literature

• Jakob Eduard Schmölzer, Rudolf Gstättner (ed.): From the Mürz and Salza. A walk in the Hochschwab area at the time of Archduke Johann, Edition Strahalm, Graz 2003, 96 pages.

• Rudolf Gstättner: Jakob Eduard Schmölzer - Flötenliszt and song father. On the 200th birthday of a Styrian musician personality, Edition Strahalm, Graz 2012, 304 pages.
• Franz Ilwof :  Schmölzer, Jakob Eduard . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 54, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1908, p. 130 f.
• Heini von Steier: Jacob Eduard Schmölzer the noble German song master - his life, work and work described by ..., Graz 1891, 115 pp.
• Constantin von Wurzbach : Schmölzer, Jacob Eduard . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 30th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1875, p. 334 f. ( Digitized version ).

Web links

• Entry on Jakob Eduard Schmölzer in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
• Article in the Austrian Biographical Lexicon
• Article in the ADB
• Article in the Austrian Music Lexicon

Individual proof

1. ↑ Jakob Eduard Schmölzer secondary school . www.hs-kindberg-schmoelzer.stsnet.at. Archived from the original on August 21, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 30, 2012.