Leonhard Mälzel
Leonhard Mälzel (born March 27, 1783 in Regensburg , † August 1855 in Vienna ) was a pianist , inventor , mechanic and designer of mechanical musical instruments.
Live and act
Born as the son of the Regensburg organ builder and mechanic Johann Nepomuk Mälzel (1741–1797), Leonhard Mälzel enjoyed a good musical education. His brother was the famous mechanic Johann Nepomuk Mälzel . Like his brother, Leonhard Mälzel moved to Vienna and, like him, also invented machines. An instrument he called the “Orpheus Harmony” was demonstrated in Vienna in 1814. In 1821 or 1827 he was appointed Austrian Imperial and Royal Court Chamber Machinist.
On August 19, 1823, Leonhard Mälzel received a three-year patent for an improvement in orchestral works and in 1825 he built a metal harmonica with 53 French horns , trumpets , trombones and clarines and two timpani . The metal harmonica was therefore a relatively large automaton. Leonhard Mälzel traveled to St. Petersburg in 1825 with this invention of the metal harmonica . Another report about an appearance comes from the year 1828.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Mälzel, Leonhard . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 16th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1867, p. 250 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Helmut Kowar: Mälzel, brothers. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-7001-3045-7 .
Individual evidence
- ^ General musical newspaper, Volume 17, Friedrich Rochlitz, 1815, page 48 Online
- ↑ Presentation of the factory and trade in its current state: excellent in technical, mercantilian and statistical relationship, editor Stephan von Keess, 1824, pages 176-181 Description of the flute works, barrel organs , orchestrations and the metronome online
- ↑ Description of the inventions and improvements for which patents were granted in the imperial Austrian states and whose duration of privileges has now expired: ... which contains the privileges from 1821-1835 , Volume 1, Kaiserl. Royal Hof- und Staats-Aerarial-Druckerei, 1841, pages 279-283 online
- ↑ Systematic presentation of the latest advances in trades and manufactures and the current state of them; as a continuation and addition to the work completed in 1823: Representation of the factory and trade, & c. With special consideration for the Austrian imperial state , 1830, page 9 online
- ↑ "Mr. Leonhard Mälzel, Imperial and Royal Musical Court and Chamber Machinist, organized on January 13th in the Saale der Nied. Austrian HH. If there was a lunchtime musical entertainment in which he produced his art machines ... / [Parole d'honneur]. - 1828. About the performance of 3 compositions by Mälzel for metal harmonicon, panharmonicon and Orpheus harmony (with a short description of the instruments). ”Der Collector, an entertainment sheet, category“ Concert ”- 20 (1828), no. 11, from January 24th, p 44 Inv. No. 89.504 link
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| SURNAME | Mälzel, Leonhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German inventor and mechanic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 27, 1783 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | regensburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 1855 |
| Place of death | Vienna |