Karl Eugen Petzold

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Karl Eugen Petzold (born November 7, 1813 in Ronneburg (Thuringia) ; † January 28, 1889 in Basel , citizen of Zofingen ) was a German-Swiss singing teacher , organist , pianist and composer .

life and work

Petzold was the son of the glass master Gottlob and Johanna Christina, née Reichhard. As a child, the father encouraged his son's musical talent by letting the local cantor teach him .

At the Thomas School in Leipzig , Petzold learned from 1828 with Christian Theodor Weinlig . Under the leadership of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Ferdinand David, he trained as a versatile musician. Petzold studied philosophy and theology at the University of Leipzig from 1836 and was director of the Philharmonic Association for Singing and Instrumental Music, which he founded. In the winter of 1838/1839 Petzold worked as Kapellmeister at the Bautzen City Theater .

On Robert Schuhmann's recommendation, Petzold took up the position as a singing and music teacher at the  private educational institution at Lenzburg Castle founded by Johann Karl Christian Lippe in 1840 . From 1842 Petzold worked as music director, singing teacher and organist at the Murten city ​​school .  

Petzold worked in Zofingen from 1844. He introduced regular winter concerts, performed a major work for orchestra, mixed choir and organ every two years, and from 1848 four subscription concerts each. He was also the organist of the Zofingen town church .

On January 8, 1851, he received the citizenship of Zofingen. Petzold resigned as a singing teacher in 1876 and from 1887 as organist. Many of the piano and orchestral works composed by Petzold have been published, but are now forgotten.

Petzold married Wilhelmine, nee Matter, in 1852. Their daughter Ida Angelika Petzold married the composer, pianist and music teacher Hans Huber in 1880 .

literature

  • Adolf Siegrist: Karl Eugen Petzold (1813–1889). In : Argovia, annual journal of the Historical Society of the Canton of Aargau , vol. 68–69, 1958, pp. 593–594 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Eduard Bernsdorf, Julius Schladebach: New universal lexicon of music art . Musikverlag Johann André, Offenbach 1861, p. 170.
personal data
SURNAME Petzold, Karl Eugen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Swiss singing teacher, organist, pianist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH November 7, 1813
PLACE OF BIRTH Ronneburg (Thuringia)
DATE OF DEATH January 28, 1889
Place of death Basel