Ludwig Strecker the Elder

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Ludwig Philipp Carl Wilhelm Strecker (born March 26, 1853 in Dieburg , † December 19, 1943 in Mainz ) was a German music publisher .

Life

Ernesto de Fiori : Bust of the Privy Councilor Ludwig Strecker

Ludwig Strecker was born in Dieburg in 1853 as the son of a lawyer. At the age of ten the father was transferred to Darmstadt. Strecker had completed his law studies with a doctorate and worked in the management of the publishing house B. Schott's Sons (Mainz).

Due to the lack of children in the founding family, he inherited the company in 1874 from the suddenly deceased Franz Schott . He worked u. a. as publisher of Richard Wagner , whose difficult demands and constant financial needs he was able to compensate again and again through moderate negotiation. The Siegfried Idyll and the text version ( 1877 ) and the score of " Parsifal " ( 1882 ) were published by Schott.

Strecker got involved a. a. at the concert association Mainzer Liedertafel . He was its president for 25 years.

At the age of 29, Strecker married Elisabeth Merck, the ten years younger daughter of the Darmstadt entrepreneur. The couple had four sons and one daughter. When Ludwig Strecker the Elder died on December 19, 1943, Ludwig Strecker the Younger took over the management of the publishing house together with his brother Wilhelm. Ludwig Strecker is buried in the main cemetery in Mainz .

Honors

  • Awarded the title of Privy Councilor of Commerce by Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig
  • 1909: He was appointed by Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig as a lifelong member of the first chamber of the estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse , of which he was a member until the November Revolution of 1918.

literature

  • Helmut Brenner / Reinhold Kubik: Mahler's people. Friends and companions. Sankt Pölten - Salzburg - Vienna 2014. pp. 218–223. ISBN 978-3-7017-3322-4
  • Jochen Lengemann : MdL Hessen. 1808-1996. Biographical index (= political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse. Vol. 14 = publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. Vol. 48, 7). Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6 , p. 375.
  • Richard Wagner's correspondence with his publishers, 2nd correspondence with B. Schott's sons, Mainz: Schott 1911
  • Wolfgang Stumme: Mainzer Hauptfriedhof II. People and their final resting places. 31 portraits, Mainz 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Strecker, Ludwig the Elder
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Strecker, Ludwig Philipp Carl Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German music publisher
DATE OF BIRTH March 26, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH The castle
DATE OF DEATH December 19, 1943
Place of death Mainz