Jakob Melchior Rieter-Biedermann

Jakob Melchior Rieter-Biedermann (born May 23, 1811 in Winterthur ; † January 26, 1876 ​​there ) was a Swiss musician and music publisher .

Life

Jakob Melchior Rieter was born on May 23, 1811 in his parents' house in Winterthur, "zur Glocke", as the first son of the industrialist Heinrich Rieter . First he completed his training as an engineer and businessman. On May 3, 1835, he married Louise Biedermann (1812–1902) and from then on drew according to local custom with the double name Rieter-Biedermann. In the same year he became a member of the Winterthur Music College and timpanist in its orchestra. He also mastered the viola and the violin .

In 1840 Rieter-Biedermann was given the office of librarian for the music college. In autumn 1848 he resigned from this position in order to found the J. Rieter-Biedermann publishing house . Eight years after it was founded, the first music was published, including works by Johannes Brahms , Hector Berlioz , Stephen Heller , Theodor Kirchner , Robert Schumann and Anastasius Struve . In 1862 a branch in Leipzig was opened, which from 1871 was managed by Rieter's son-in-law Edmund Astor. After Rieter-Biedermann's death, the company initially remained in family ownership, but the headquarters were relocated to Leipzig.

literature

• Harry Joelson-Strohbach: Rieter [-Biedermann], Jakob Melchior. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Harry Joelson-Strohbach: From the Winterthur music publisher Jakob Melchior Rieter-Biedermann . In: Librarium . tape 34 , 1991, pp. 51-66 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-388535 .
• Hans Martin Plesske:  Rieter-Biedermann, Jakob Melchior. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).

Web links

• Entry to Jakob Melchior Rieter-Biedermann in Kalliope
• The publishing house J. Rieter-Biedermann in the Musikverlagswiki
• Jacob Melchior Rieter-Biedermann: Catalog of the music publishing house by J. Rieter-Biedermann in Leipzig and Winterthur. urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb11011743-7