Ludwig Hetsch

Carl Ludwig ("Louis") Friedrich Hetsch (born April 26, 1806 in Stuttgart , † June 28, 1872 in Mannheim ) was a German composer .

Life

Hetsch studied at the Evangelical Monastery in Tübingen, had been the choirmaster of the Stuttgarter Liederkranz since 1831 and then went to Vienna for further musical training . From 1836 he was university music director in Heidelberg and from 1846 court music in Mannheim. He was a composer of sacred and romantic songs . He had a lifelong friendship with the poet Mörike , whose poems he set to music. Mörike dedicated his novella to Hetsch on the trip to Prague (1855). Of his stage works, the romantic opera Ryno was premiered at the Stuttgart Court Theater in 1833 . Hetsch was the son-in-law of the educator Karl August von Zoller .

Discography

Songs by Hetsch can be found on the following audio CDs:

• Romantic songs , UraCant, 2000
• The song in the German Southwest , Cavalli Records, 2003
• Eduard Mörike - Nachtigallensang , Bayer Records, 2004
• Robert Schumann: Collection of pieces of music old and new , CPO, 2010

literature

• Karl August Klüpfel:  Hetsch, Ludwig . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 319 f.

Web links

• Works by and about Ludwig Hetsch  in the German Digital Library
• Sheet music and audio files by Ludwig Hetsch in the International Music Score Library Project
• Sound carriers and sheet music by Ludwig Hetsch in the catalog of the German National Library
• Song portal

Individual evidence

1. ^ Eduard Mörike: Works and Letters. Historical-critical complete edition. Volume 16: Letters 1851–1856, edited by Bernhard Thurn, Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta 2001, p. 592. The dedication reads: His friends, the two composers Louis Hetsch, music director in Mannheim, and Friedrich Ernst Kauffmann , professor in Stuttgart , appropriated by the author.