Amadeus Wendt

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Johann Amadeus Wendt (born September 29, 1783 in Leipzig , † December 15, 1836 in Göttingen ) was a German philosopher and music theorist .

Life

Wendt came from a modest background. He attended the Thomas School in Leipzig as an external. He showed a pronounced musical interest and therefore received theoretical and practical music lessons from the Gewandhauskapellmeister and later Thomaskantor Johann Gottfriedschicht .

Although the family encouraged him to study theology, he studied philosophy and philology at the University of Leipzig and also attended lectures by the psychologist Friedrich August Carus . At the end of his studies he was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD. He then went to the country as a private tutor and returned to Leipzig a year later with his noble pupil, where he studied law together. In preparation for his philosophical academic career, he completed his habilitation at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Leipzig with the topic De fundamento et origine domini . Here he became associate professor of philosophy in 1811 and full professor in 1816. He was also the curator of the university library .

The range of topics in his lectures was broad and included the philosophy of religion , philological law, psychology , aesthetics , history and philosophy. Wendt paid special attention to the music. From 1821 to 1829 he was a member of the Leipzig Gewandhaus concert management. He has written numerous articles on musical topics. In 1836 the book About the present state of music, especially in Germany and how it has become . In it he used the term “classical period” for Haydn , Mozart and Beethoven for the first time, from which the name Wiener Klassik arose.

In 1829 he received the chair for philosophy at the Georg-August University in Göttingen . Here he also held the office of rector. In 1833 he became a member of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen .

Wendt was the editor of the “Leipziger Kunstblatt for educated art lovers, especially for theater and music” (1817 and 1818), the “Taschenbuch zum Geselligen Genuss” (1821-25) and the “ Deutsches Musenalmanach ”, first in Leipzig and then in Göttingen. He wrote for the Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung and the newspaper for the elegant world . Wendt was personally acquainted with Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel .

Wendt was married to Henriette Dölitzsch, the daughter of a Leipzig official. The daughter Natalie Auguste from this marriage married the English writer John Mitchell Kemble in 1836 .

In Leipzig, Wendt was a member of the Freemason Lodge Minerva to the three palms and held the office of speaker there for a time.

Works (selection)

  • Principles of the Philosophical Legal Doctrine , Leipzig 1811
  • Discussions about religion or religion in itself and in its relation to science, art, etc. Sulzbach 1813
  • De rerum prncipiis secundum Pythagoreos , Leipzig 1817
  • Philosophy of Art , Leipzig 1817
  • Rossini's life and drive , Leipzig 1824
  • On the end, means, present and future of Freemasonry , Leipzig 1828
  • About the main periods of the fine arts or art in the course of world history , Leipzig 1831

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  1. ↑ Student who did not live in the Alumnat , i.e. not a member of the St. Thomas Choir
  2. ^ Karl Arndt, Gerhard Gottschalk, Rudolf Smend: Göttinger Gelehre. The Academy of Sciences in Göttingen in portraits and honors 1751-2001. Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen 1997, p. 124.
  3. ↑ Friedhelm Nicolin, Lucia Sziborsky, Helmut Schneider: On Hegel's tracks. Contributions to Hegel research. Felix Meiner Verlag, Hamburg 1996, p. 203.
personal data
SURNAME Wendt, Amadeus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wendt, Johann Amadeus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philosopher, composer and music theorist
DATE OF BIRTH September 29, 1783
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH December 15, 1836
Place of death Goettingen