Ludwig Hellwig

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Carl Friedrich Ludwig Hellwig (born July 23, 1773 in Kunersdorf bei Wriezen , † November 24, 1838 in Berlin ) was a German composer and musician.

The son of the Kunersdorf preacher Jeremias Christoph Ludwig Hellwig (1735–1788) and brother of the actor Friedrich Hellwig initially devoted himself to a factory business from 1789, but at the same time received musical training from Joseph Augustin Gürrlich , Georg Abraham Schneider and Carl Friedrich Zelter in Berlin. In 1812 he gave up his other professional businesses to devote himself exclusively to music.

In addition to his position as court and cathedral organist in Berlin since 1813 and royal music director (1815), he joined the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin as early as 1793 , with which he was closely associated throughout his life. During an illness of the director Carl Friedrich Zelter, he even temporarily took over its management and was later deputy director under Carl Friedrich Rungenhagen . Hellwig also belonged to the "original line" of the Zelterschen Liedertafel founded on January 24, 1809 (as Hellwig I), as did his brother, the Secret Judiciary Carl Hellwig (as Hellwig II).

Among other things, he composed numerous songs, an opera and worked as a piano reduction maker , for example Christoph Willibald Gluck's “ Iphigenie auf Tauris ” or Georg Friedrich Handel's oratorio “ Judas Maccabäus ” (based on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's arrangement in the keyboard excerpt ).

Works (selection)

  • Die Bergknappen , opera in two acts (first performance on April 27, 1820 in Dresden)
  • Requiem aeternam , A flat major
  • Requiem aeternam dona eis
  • Canone perpetuo , per modo retto e contrario
  • Blessings of the word of God
  • To the moon
  • To the distant (Text: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe )
  • Souvenirs (Text: Friedrich von Matthisson )
  • The little flower of patience , two-part song with accompaniment of the piano forte, FS Lischke, Berlin, approx. 1834
  • Old man
  • Longing (Text: Löben)
  • The silent world (Text: Aloys Wilhelm Schreiber )
  • The waves of life
  • The words of faith (Text: Friedrich von Schiller )
  • Discussion (Text: Aloys Wilhelm Schreiber )
  • First loss (text: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
  • Friendship and love
  • Early spring (text: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
  • Hope (Text: Friedrich von Schiller)
  • I think yours (Text: A. Mahknann)
  • I think yours (Text: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
  • In the silent valley (Text: Friedrich von Matthisson )
  • Love and devotion
  • Morning song outdoors (Text: Johann Wilhelm Bornemann )
  • Night song (Text: Ludwig Gotthard Theobul Kosegarten)
  • Blessed are they who hear God's word and keep it
  • Silent tears love my heart (Text: August Heinrich Julius Lafontaine )
  • Are you looking for happiness (Text: Karl Philipp Moritz)
  • Consolation
  • When the flowers come now , op.4 no.2 (Text: Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué)
  • I will never find you
  • How happy i was
  • Heaven's rest

literature

Hellwig, Ludwig. In: Carl-Maria-von-Weber-Gesamtausgabe. Digital edition (version 3.5.1). August 26, 2019, accessed December 7, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME Hellwig, Ludwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hellwig, Carl Friedrich Ludwig (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and musician
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1773
PLACE OF BIRTH Kunersdorf near Wriezen
DATE OF DEATH November 24, 1838
Place of death Berlin