Leonhard Scholz
Leonhard Scholz (born May 27, 1720 in Nuremberg , † October 17, 1798 there ) was a German grocer and organist .
Life
Scholz showed a great affinity for music from an early age. From 1735 to spring 1746 he trained as a businessman with Johann Matthias Meusel . In September 1746 he married the daughter of the wine merchant Matthias Popp.
Scholz founded a specialty and paper business in Nuremberg. From 1766 he worked as an organist at the Egidienkirche , initially deputy, from 1771 full-time. In the following year Scholz took over the office of organist at the Lorenzkirche and finally in 1781 at the Sebalduskirche . From 1791 until his death, his son performed his official duties. He was buried in the Johannisfriedhof .
Services
Scholz put together the largest private keyboard music collection of the 18th century, mainly with works by Johann Sebastian Bach and his son Carl Philipp Emanuel . However, it is unclear whether this was aimed solely at personal use or for purposes of action. A number of manuscripts show special versions of the works that can be traced back to the peculiarities of the Nuremberg organs.
The majority of this collection is now kept in the Leipzig Bach Archive , other parts are in the Austrian National Library (owned by Felix Petyrek ), the Württemberg State Library and at Yale University (owned by Christian Heinrich Rinck ).
literature
- Biography at Bach digital
- Adam Nicolaus Riedner: Leonhard Scholz . In: Short biographies of strange people who have lived and are still living in Nuremberg since 1700 , Volume 2, p. 248f. (Only handwritten in: Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg , Sign. Hs. 88184).
- Margarethe Klinckerfuß: echoes from lost time . Urach 1948.
- Hermann Harrasowitz: History of church music at St. Lorenz . In: Communications from the Association for the History of the City of Nuremberg . tape 60 , 1973, ISSN 0083-5579 , pp. 1-152 ( online ).
- George B. Stauffer (ed.): The Forkel-Hoffmeister & Kühnel correspondence. A Document of the early 19th-century Bach revival . New York 1990.
- Christine Blanken: Organ works from the "Scholz Collection" in relation to Nuremberg instruments . In: Ulrich Bartels (Ed.): From the sound of time. Cast, arrangement and performance practice with Johann Sebastian Bach . Breitkopf & Härtel, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-7651-0374-8 . Pp. 44-68.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Scholz, Leonhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German grocer and organist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 27, 1720 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nuremberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 17, 1798 |
| Place of death | Nuremberg |