Joseph Fürst (writer)

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Joseph Fürst (born January 16, 1794 in Berlin ; † May 16, 1859 there ) was a German businessman and writer .

Life

Prince was a son of the Berlin merchant Esaias Joseph Fürst (* July 2, 1752 in Berlin, † October 6, 1805 ibid). He also embarked on a commercial career, converted to Christianity in 1815 and received citizenship of the city of Berlin on April 9, 1818. In the Berlin address books “J. Fürst ”first recorded in 1833 as“ Particulier ”(private person), residing at Schleuse 13, near the Jungfernbrücke . After several other changes of residence, he moved to Mohrenstrasse 48 in 1856. His last move was in 1858, just a few houses further on, to Ziethenplatz 66. As the church records of the Trinity Church can see , Joseph Fürst died there on May 16 of the following year at three o'clock early, unmarried, at the age of 65 years and four months of paralysis . The only survivor was an unspecified stepbrother.

Friendship with Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Robert Schumann and Henriette Herz

Joseph Fürst, who named his letters and publications “J. Fürst ”, belonged to Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's circle of friends and was involved in the libretto for his oratorio Paulus . In 1842 he came out with a small art-historical pamphlet, which he enclosed with a letter to Mendelssohn on December 19. In 1848, Prince became an eyewitness to the Berlin March Revolution and under this impression wrote the poem Deutscher Freiheitssang , which he sent to Robert Schumann , who set it to music.

Fürst achieved greater fame as the first biographer of the Berlin Salonnière Henriette Herz (1764–1847). His book about her, published in 1850, also contains her fragments of memories of her youth. In 1896, a comparison with the original, which is now in the archive of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences , showed that Fürst embellished the records considerably without indicating his interventions.

Confusion with Julius Fürst

In the secondary literature on Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Robert Schumann, “J. Fürst ”so far identified with the Leipzig orientalist Julius Fürst (1805–1873). The fact that this ascription is incorrect not only results from the different places of residence - Berlin and Leipzig - but could also be corrected in 2015 by comparing manuscripts.

Fonts

  • In recognition of an artist's statement about three paintings in the Berlin exhibition. Along with a call for emancipation , Berlin 1842
  • Henriette Herz. Your Life and Memories , ed. by J. Fürst, Berlin: Wilhelm Hertz 1850 ( digitized version ) - 2nd revised and enlarged edition 1858

literature

  • Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Complete Letters , 9 volumes, Kassel 2008–2015
  • Robert and Clara Schumann's correspondence with correspondents in Berlin 1832 to 1883 , ed. by Klaus Martin Kopitz , Eva Katharina Klein and Thomas Synofzik (= Schumann-Briefedition , Series II, Volume 17), Cologne: Dohr 2015, pp. 175–185, ISBN 978-3-86846-028-5

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Jewish Citizens' Books of the City of Berlin 1809-1851 , ed. by Jacob Jacobson , Berlin 1962, p. 151
  2. ^ Berlin address book 1833 , p. 203
  3. ^ Berlin address book 1857 , part 1, p. 118
  4. ^ Berlin address book 1859 , part 1, p. 128
  5. ↑ Berlin, Evangelisches Landeskirchliches Archiv, Death Book Dreifaltigkeitskirche, 1859, p. 31 No. 201
  6. ↑ Autograph in Oxford , Bodleian Library
  7. ^ Heinrich Hahn, Jugenderinnerungen von Henriette Herz , in: Mitteilungen aus dem Literaturarchive in Berlin , Volume 5 (1896), pp. 141-184; see. also Barbara Hahn , under a false name. On the difficult authorship of women , Frankfurt am Main 1991, p. 52
personal data
SURNAME Prince, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German businessman and writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1794
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 1859
Place of death Berlin