Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf

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Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf

Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf (born November 23, 1719 in Leipzig ; † January 28, 1794 there ) was a German music publisher and typographer .

Life

Breitkopf was the son of the publisher Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf , who founded the Breitkopf & Härtel publishing house . He designed fonts , including the important Breitkopf Fraktur .

Breitkopf also revolutionized musical notation by breaking down the types of printing into smaller segments. Breitkopf then developed the plan to also produce maps using typography. He presented this to a broader public in 1777 in the publication Ueber the printing of geographical charts . He also tried to print Chinese characters with movable types.

Goethe often stayed in Breitkopf's house during his studies in Leipzig. He took part in amateur performances and music events and was friends with Breitkopf's daughter Theodora Sophie Constantia (Constanze, 1748-1818).

family

On September 25, 1746 in Leipzig, he married Friderica Constantia Brix with whom he had five sons and four daughters, including:

  • Theodora Sophia Constantia Breitkopf (1748–1818), the first Egle in Goethe's Die Laune des Verliebten , was a writer.
  • Bernhard Theodor Breitkopf (* 1749, † between 1810 and 1820 in Petersburg), a friend of Goethe and the composer of his poems in the "Leipziger Liederbuch"
  • Christoph Gottlob Breitkopf (1750–1800), heir and head of his father's business, also a friend of Goethe

Publications

  • About the printing of the geographical charts. Along with the attached sample of a map set and printed by the art of printing . Leipzig: Breitkopf, 1777. (Digitized edition under: urn : nbn: de: s2w-5168 )
  • About the history of the invention of the art of printing. On the occasion of some recent special opinions expressed about it. In addition to displaying the content of his story of the invention of the art of printing . Leipzig: Breitkopf, 1779. (Digitized edition under: urn : nbn: de: s2w-265 )
  • Magazine of the book and art trade, which gives news of the related news for the best of the sciences and the arts. Leipzig 1780
  • Catalogo delle Sinfonie, che si trovano in Manuscritto nella Officina Musica di Giovanni Gottlieb Immanuel Breitkopf, in Lipsia. Party Ima. 1762. Printed incipit catalogs 1762–1787, which list all genres of music from Breitkopf's collection. [1]

In art

  • Portrait made by an unknown artist and published in 1868.

literature

Web links

Commons : Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Karl Robert Mandelkow (Ed.): Goethe's letters. Hamburg edition in 4 volumes. Text critically reviewed and annotated with the assistance of Bodo Morawe . Christian Wegner, Hamburg 1962/1964/1965, Vol. 1: Letters from the years 1764–1786, p. 544
  2. ↑ Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf: About the printing of the geographical charts. Along with the attached sample of a map set and printed by the art of printing . Leipzig: Breitkopf, 1777. ( digitized version )
  3. ↑ Zeno.org: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang: Personal directory Baader - Byron
  4. ^ Volume 7 - digitized version
  5. ↑ Portrait , accessed on January 11, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Breitkopf, Johann Gottlob Immanuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German typographer and music publisher
DATE OF BIRTH November 23, 1719
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH January 28, 1794
Place of death Leipzig