Johannes Schornstein (musician)

Johannes Schornstein (born February 1, 1789 in Kassel , † December 2, 1853 in Elberfeld ) was a music director , choir director and initiator of the Lower Rhine Music Festival .

Life

Gravestone on the reformed cemetery Hochstrasse (Wuppertal)

Schornstein was the organist at the Reformed Church in Elberfeld. On December 22nd, 1811, he and the music teacher Sasse founded the “ Musical Association for the Care of Choral Singing ” (or “ Elberfelder Singschule ”). However, due to political turmoil, the association was dissolved again in 1813. The " Elberfelder Gesangverein " founded by the music teacher Dillenberg revived after the peace treaty of 1815 and Schornstein took over the management. In 1817, Schornstein organized a music festival in Elberfeld, which gave rise to the idea of having the Lower Rhine Music Festival organized the following year together with Friedrich August Burgmüller .

Schornstein directed the Elberfeld Choral Society until his death. His preserved grave is in the reformed cemetery on Hochstraße.

His successor as organist was Jan Albert van Eijken .

family

A son of Johannes Schornstein was Hermann Schornstein, who succeeded his father.

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Dean Cáceres: The real and inner in art: the composer, conductor and educator Woldemar Bargiel (1828-1897) . V&R unipress GmbH, 2010, ISBN 978-3-89971-719-8 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
^ Eberhard Illner : Civil organization in Elberfeld 1775-1850 . Ph. CW Schmidt, Neustadt an der Aisch 1982, ISBN 3-87707-038-8 .
↑ ^a ^b Städtische Musikverein zu Düsseldorf eV (under Der Chor, Chronik), accessed January 2013
^ Wolfgang Stock: Wuppertal graves. Historical walk through all of the city's cemeteries . Thales Verlag, Essen 2007, ISBN 978-3-88908-482-8 , p. 175 .

personal data
SURNAME	Chimney, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Music director and choir director in Elberfeld, co-founder of the Niederrheinische Musikfest
DATE OF BIRTH	February 1, 1789
PLACE OF BIRTH	kassel
DATE OF DEATH	December 2, 1853
Place of death	Elberfeld

[Cáceres-1] A ^b Dean Cáceres: The real and inner in art: the composer, conductor and educator Woldemar Bargiel (1828-1897) . V&R unipress GmbH, 2010, ISBN 978-3-89971-719-8 ( limited preview in the Google book search).

[Illner-2] Eberhard Illner : Civil organization in Elberfeld 1775-1850 . Ph. CW Schmidt, Neustadt an der Aisch 1982, ISBN 3-87707-038-8 .

[Musikverein_D_Chronik-3] Städtische Musikverein zu Düsseldorf eV (under Der Chor, Chronik), accessed January 2013

[Stock-4] Wolfgang Stock: Wuppertal graves. Historical walk through all of the city's cemeteries . Thales Verlag, Essen 2007, ISBN 978-3-88908-482-8 , p. 175 .