Ludwig Bischoff

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Ludwig Bischoff (born November 27, 1794 in Dessau , † February 24, 1867 in Cologne ) was an educator, musician, critic and publisher.

Life

He was born as the son of a cellist from a traditional family of musicians. So he got his first musical education from his father.

From 1812, Bischoff studied philology in Berlin . But already in 1813 he went to the Prussian Cavalry Regiment and took part in the Battle of Leipzig . In 1814 he resumed his studies in Berlin and finished them in 1817.

In the spring of 1818 he moved to Switzerland , where he found employment as a teacher. After his return he became a grammar school teacher in Berlin in 1821 and director at the grammar school in Wesel in 1823 , where Konrad Duden passed his Abitur with him.

Bischoff took an active part in musical life in Wesel and founded a singing and orchestral association. Because of his liberal outlook and his behavior during the 1848 revolution, he had to say goodbye and moved to Bonn in 1849 . There he founded the “Rheinische Musikzeitung” (1850–59, later “Niederrheinische Musikzeitung”) published in Cologne, whose declared aim was to defend the traditions of classical art against the demands of contemporaries. In 1850 he founded the music society "Beethoven Verein" together with others. A short time later this association, consisting of professional musicians and amateurs, gave subscription concerts.

Bischoff spent the last few years in Cologne, where he died of a stroke in 1867.

Bischoff was one of the main fighters against the “new German” Wagner movement and was wrongly accused by Wagner (in his book Das Judenthum in der Musik ) of having coined the term “ future music ”.

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SURNAME Bischoff, Ludwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bischoff, Ludwig Friedrich Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German educator, musician, critic and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH November 27, 1794
PLACE OF BIRTH Dessau
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 1867
Place of death Cologne