Johann Julius Hummel

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Johann Julius Hummel (born May 1, 1723 in Waltershausen in Lower Franconia , † February 27, 1798 in Berlin ) was a German music publisher.

Death notification of Johan Julius Hummel, 1798, from: Amsterdamse courant, March 8, 1798

Life

Johann Julius and his brother Burkhard (1731–1797), sons of Johann Matthäus Hummel from Waltershausen in Lower Franconia , were initially horn players in a military orchestra . Around 1740 they settled in The Hague in the Netherlands, where Johann Julius married Christina de Raadt in 1747 and acquired citizenship in 1751 . Here the brother established himself as a dealer, whereas Johann Julius founded a music shop in Amsterdam around 1753 , which also had sheet music, concert tickets and other items in its range. The shop was initially on the Nes, in 1764 on the Vygendam, in 1766 in the Warmoestraat and in 1780 on the Rokkin. In 1770 Johann Julius registered a music publisher with sheet music printing in Berlin and later moved entirely to the Prussian capital with a "privilege" from the Prussian king. He first handed the Amsterdam branch over to his son Johann Bernhard, in 1791 to his daughter Elisabeth Christina (1751–1818) and her husband Carl Wilhelm von Mettingh (1751–1820); it existed until 1822. He developed the Berlin business into one of the largest music publishers of its time.

The son, Johann Bernhard Hummel, born in Berlin in 1760, took over the music shop and engraving in Berlin when his father died in 1798

Johann Julius Hummel arranged symphonies by Ludwig van Beethoven for piano, flute, violin and violoncello. He published around 1000 works by German and Austrian, Bohemian, Italian and Dutch composers, including Carl Friedrich Abel , Johann Christian and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach , Luigi Boccherini , Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf , Leopold Kozeluch , Joseph Martin Kraus , Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Ignaz Pleyel , Franz Xaver Richter , Joseph Schmitt , Carl Stamitz and Johann Baptist Wanhal . He is considered the most important publisher of Joseph Haydn's works north of the Alps . Among the lesser-known published works were 2 symphonies by Johann Friedrich Berwald (* 1788), a potpourri for piano with violin or flute by Joseph Caffro (* around 1776 Naples), 1797, XII Airs for 2 violins by Johann Christian Frischmuth (1741– 1790), Giuseppe Giordani , Franz Anton Hoffmeister , an “Entreakt for Orchestra to Hamlet” by Johann David Holland (1746–1827), Adolph August von Münchhausen (approx. 1755–1811) and 6 quartets with bassoon by Franz Anton Pfeiffer (1752 -1787). He and his brother published a thematic catalog of their publications in 1768, which was followed by six supplementary editions from 1769 to 1774 and another in 1838.

literature

  • Gustav Schilling (Ed.): Encyclopedia of the Entire Musical Sciences or Universal Lexicon of Music. New edition. 5th volume. Franz Heinrich Köhler, Stuttgart 1840, p. 447: Hummel, Johann Bernhard.
  • Carl Freiherr von Ledebur (Hrsg.): Tonkünstler-Lexikon Berlin's from the oldest times to the present. Ludwig Rauh, Berlin, 1861, Johann Julius H .: p. 259. - Johann Bernhard H .: p. 259-260.
  • Stanley Sadie (Ed.): Cari Johansson, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Macmillan Reference Ltd., 2nd edition, 29 volumes. London 2001. ISBN 9780195170672 .
  • Rudolf Rasch: Aux adresses ordinaires. Waar muziek te koop was in de Nederlandse republiek - Johann Julius Hummel . In: Jaarboek voor Nederlandse boekgeschiedenis. Jaargang 8. 2001, pp. 89-106 (online).
  • Friedrich Blume, Ludwig Finscher (ed.): The music in past and present. General encyclopedia of music. Volume 9. Bärenreiter 2003.
  • Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE), 2nd edition, Volume 5, Hitz bis Kotzub. KG Saur, Munich 2006, p. 206; here the date December 17, 1728 is given as the date of baptism.
  • Bertil van Boer (Ed.): Historical Dictionary of Music of the Classical Period. The Scarecrow Press Inc., Lanham, Toronto, Plymouth UK 2012, pp. 283-284.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ different (incorrect) information in the literature: 1728. The date of birth or baptism, May 1, 1723, is apparently correct; Message from Matthias Kruse, November 2, 2019, according to his own statements, a descendant of JJ Hummel or his son Friedrich Wilhelm Hummel (1777–1826). Source: Notification of death of Elisabeth Christina van Mettingh, nee Hummel, and Carl Wilhelm van Mettingh in: "Amsterdamse courant" of March 8, 1798, for Johan Julius Hummel, † February 27, 1798 at the age of 74 years, 9 months, 27 days in Berlin
  2. ↑ also "Burchard"
  3. ^ The parents of Johann Julius, Burkhard and another brother Johannes were Johann Matthäus Hummel (1694–1778), master shoemaker, and Elisabeth Catharina, nee Höfling (1696–1779); Frdl. Mitt. Matthias Kruse, November 2, 2019
  4. ↑ Rasch, p. 99
  5. ↑ closed in 1801
  6. ↑ Jaarboek voor Nederlandse boekgeschiedenis. 8th year, 2001, p. 100 (online)
  7. ↑ Gustav Schilling (Ed.): Encyclopädie 1840, p. 18
  8. ↑ Gustav Schilling (Ed.): Encyclopädie 1840, pp. 131, 308, 349, 440, 684
personal data
SURNAME Hummel, Johann Julius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German music publisher
DATE OF BIRTH December 17, 1728
PLACE OF BIRTH Waltershausen
DATE OF DEATH February 27, 1798
Place of death Berlin