Ludwig Abel (musician)

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Ludwig Abel (also: Louis Abel ) (born January 14, 1835 in Eckartsberga , Thuringia , † August 13, 1895 in Pasing near Munich ) was a German violinist , violin teacher and composer .

Live and act

Ludwig Abel's father was a tailor by trade. He himself received violin lessons in his childhood. At the age of 14 Ludwig Abel became an orphan and had to provide for his own living. He first came to Leipzig. Here he received lessons from Ferdinand David at the Leipzig Conservatory . He played in the Gewandhaus Orchestra and in 1853 moved to the court orchestra of Weimar , led by Hippolyte Chelard and Franz Liszt . Liszt recognized Abel's talent and promoted him as best he could. After a short stay in Strasbourg, he went to Basel in 1857 as concertmaster and first violinist . Here he met Johannes Brahms and Hans von Bülow . From 1860 he taught at the violin school founded by the non-profit society . On August 5, 1862, he married Berta Kirsch from Basel. In the fall of 1866 he gave up his jobs. Abel played chamber music with von Bülow. At a chamber music soiree on March 26, 1867, they played Brahms' Horn Trio op. 40 together with horn player Hans Richter .

At the suggestion of the Bavarian Hofkapellmeister von Bülow, Abel went to Munich in 1867 as concertmaster of the court orchestra . Von Bülow was the director of the Royal Music School, which was newly founded in 1867 and later became the Academy of Music, where Abel was a violin teacher from the very beginning. In 1878 he became inspector for singing and for the orchestral class and in 1880 professor for violin and score playing. In 1868/69 he appeared in Mozart matinees and soirees with Hans von Bülow and Josef Werner, and in the 1970s with Hans Bussmeyer. His attempts as a soloist in the concerts of the Musikalische Akademie were only successful in Handel's concerti grossi. According to some critics, it could not meet the requirements of the violin concertos by Mendelsohn and Beethoven in 1868 and 1872. The premiere of his own violin concerto in 1876 turned into a "Fiasco" and meant the end of his solo appearances. He had more success as a conductor of guest concerts by famous soloists, e. B. von Ole Bull in 1876, Sarasate in 1882 and Leopold Auer in 1893. Among other things, he led the orchestra of the Akademie der Tonkunst at the regular subscription concerts and conducted performances by the court orchestra.

In January 1885 he was awarded the Ludwig Medal in recognition of his work as a violin teacher and as a writer of violin textbooks. At the turn of the year 1885/86 he was awarded the Knight's Cross First Class of the Order of Merit by Saint Michael . His knowledge of violin making made him a valued violin appraiser who was consulted by instrument dealers from Germany, Italy, Austria and Switzerland. He was used in court to determine the authenticity of old violins. In the winter of 1892/93 he stayed in Italy for health reasons. On April 1, 1894, after twenty-seven years, he resigned from his position as concertmaster of the court orchestra. From June 15, 1895, his activity at the academy was suspended for health reasons. Ludwig Abel died on August 13, 1895 at 2.15 a.m. in his villa in Neupasing from a serious stomach ailment.

Abel had four children with his wife Berta. The eldest son Ludwig Abel had been professor for Semitic philology (oriental languages) at the University of Erlangen since 1894 . Carl Abel worked as an engineer in the construction of water pipes in Egypt. His eldest daughter Antonie married the composer and music teacher Walter Petzet (1866-1941) and went with this to North America, where he became director of Manning College in Minneapolis . The younger daughter Viktoria was still living in his parents' house in Neupasing when he died.

His ashes were buried in Gotha.

The American organist and conductor Wallace Goodrich (1871–1952) and the American composer Horatio Parker were among his students in orchestral conducting. The violinist and conductor Heinrich Klingenfeld (* 1856) and the violinist Carl Alexander Johannes Miersch (* 1865) were also Abel's students.

Works

In addition to a violin concerto, Ludwig Abel wrote a violin school as well as études and duos for violin.

  • Ecole du mécanisme: mechanical and technical violin exercises; a series of single finger exercises, larger ones in all keys and an appendix to develop the trill. Self-published, Basel, 1866 OCLC 916201592
  • Studienwerk for violin alone: ​​85 studies by older masters of the German, French and Italian schools; in a systematic order from intermediate level to complete concert virtuosity. Stone graves, Leipzig, Volume 1, OCLC 916411407 Volume 2, OCLC 916411992
  • 25 violin studies with an accompanying violin part for advanced players: with special consideration for such technical and rhythmic difficulties, such as the more recent orchestral works present, and to which the predicate "impractical" is often wrongly ascribed. Falter, Munich, 1871 OCLC 916036880
  • 30 violin studies of medium difficulty as preliminary studies for the 25 studies. André, Offenbach, 1876 OCLC 916201496
  • 6 major studies: for violin alone, based on motifs from R. Wagner's Holländer and Tannhäuser. A. Fürstner, Berlin. OCLC 60621620 Study No. 1 to 3 on The Flying Helllander ; Etude No. 4 to No. 6 about Tannhäuser
  • Twenty-four small violin studies in the 1st. Location ... Op. 10 , Leipzig, R. Forberg, 1886 OCLC 497022037
  • Broken chords and arpeggios in all keys for the violin alone ... Op. 11 , Leipzig, R. Forberg, 1888 OCLC 497022022
  • Pierre Rode : 24 caprices for solo violin op. 22. Second violin part created by Ludwig Abel. OCLC 497230471

reception

The Allgemeine Zeitung from Munich devoted a detailed article in the features section of its August 16, 1895 edition to the musician who had just passed away. He was described as "one of the most outstanding musicians in Munich", as "a person endowed with rare gifts of mind and heart, as the most popular and revered master of the Royal Academy of Music".

literature

  • Edgar Refardt : Historical-biographical music dictionary of Switzerland. Hug, Leipzig et al. 1928.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Alfred Freiherr von Mensi: Ludwig Abel . In: Allgemeine Zeitung . tape 97 , no. 226 . Verlag der Allgemeine Zeitung, Munich August 16, 1895, p. 1 ( Digitale-sammlungen.de ).
  2. ↑ Katharina Loose-Einfalt: Melancholy-Natur -Musik. To the horn trio by Johannes Brahms . Schott Music, Mainz 2017, ISBN 978-3-95983-105-5 , pp. 17 ( schott-campus.com [PDF]).
  3. Jump up and statistics . In: Bavarian teacher newspaper, extra supplement . Munich August 22, 1867, p. 1 ( Digitale-sammlungen.de ).
  4. ↑ Bavarian . In: Augsburger Gazette . Augsburg August 12, 1867, p. 2 .
  5. ↑ Miscellaneous . In: Allgemeine Zeitung . Verlag der JG Cottaschen Buchhandlung, Munich January 7, 1885, p. 6 ( Digitale-sammlungen.de ).
  6. ↑ Bavarian Chronicle . In: Supplement to the Allgemeine Zeitung . Verlag der JG Cottaschen Buchhandlung, Munich January 6, 1886, p. 2 ( Digitale-sammlungen.de ).
  7. ↑ Bavarian Chronicle . In: Allgemeine Zeitung . tape 96 , no. 64 . Verlag der Allgemeine Zeitung, Munich March 6, 1894, p. 6 ( Digitale-sammlungen.de ).
  8. ^ Alfred Freiherr von Mensi: Ludwig Abel . In: Allgemeine Zeitung . tape 97 , no. 226 . Verlag der Allgemeine Zeitung, Munich August 16, 1895, p. 1 ( Digitale-sammlungen.de ).
  9. ↑ Mr. Ludwig Abel . In: Allgemeine Zeitung . tape 97 , no. 227 . Verlag der Allgemeine Zeitung, Munich August 14, 1895, p. 4 ( Digitale-sammlungen.de ).
  10. ↑ Communications and news . In: Supplement to the Allgemeine Zeitung . Verlag der Allgemeine Zeitung, Munich October 10, 1894, p. 7 ( Digitale-sammlungen.de ).
  11. ^ Alfred Freiherr von Mensi: Ludwig Abel . In: Allgemeine Zeitung . tape 97 , no. 226 . Verlag der Allgemeine Zeitung, Munich August 16, 1895, p. 1 ( Digitale-sammlungen.de ).
  12. ↑ Mr. Ludwig Abel . In: Allgemeine Zeitung . tape 97 , no. 227 . Verlag der Allgemeine Zeitung, Munich August 14, 1895, p. 4 ( Digitale-sammlungen.de ).
  13. ^ New England Conservatory Library: The neume . New England Conservatory of Music, Boston 1925, pp. 9 (English, archive.org [accessed April 5, 2018]).
  14. ^ Harvard University: Horatio William Parker . In: Karl Klauser (Ed.): Half hours with the best composers . tape V . JB Millet Company, Boston 1894, p. 1095 (English, archive.org [accessed April 5, 2018]).
  15. ^ Elaine Keillor: Heinrich Klingenfeld ( English, French ) In: The Canadian Encyclopedia . Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  16. ^ Hugo Riemann: Music Lexicon . BoD - Books on Demand, 2017, p. 718 ( google.de [accessed on April 5, 2018]).
  17. ^ Carl Schroeder: Handbook of violin playing . Ed .: John Matthews. Augener Ltd., London, p. 126 (English, archive.org [accessed April 5, 2018]).
  18. ↑ Ernst Heim; Otto Girschner: New guide through violin literature: a directory of the entire violin literature, divided into levels of difficulty to make it easier for teachers and learners, with brief reviews, with special consideration of the works useful for teaching . Publishing house by Louis Oertel, Hannover 1900, p. 34 (English, archive.org [accessed April 5, 2018]).
  19. ^ Alfred Freiherr von Mensi: Ludwig Abel . In: Allgemeine Zeitung . tape 97 , no. 226 . Verlag der Allgemeine Zeitung, Munich August 16, 1895, p. 1 ( Digitale-sammlungen.de ).
personal data
SURNAME Abel, Ludwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Abel, Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German violinist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH Eckartsberga , Thuringia
DATE OF DEATH August 13, 1895
Place of death Pasing