Martin Friedrich Jehle

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Martin Friedrich Jehle

Martin Friedrich Jehle (born January 3, 1914 in Ebingen , † November 14, 1982 in Tübingen ) was a German piano builder and head of the Johannes Jehle music house (founded in 1907) in Ebingen.

Jehle music store

He founded and ran the Jehle Ebingen pianoforte factory (1949–1981), was chief master of the Württemberg instrument makers, head of the choir of the Ebingen Church of Peace, music historian (specialization: musical instruments), author, shop steward of the Ebingen group of the Baden-Württemberg Tonkünstlerverband, concert organizer and founder of the Jehle Music History Collection (today in Stauffenberg Castle in Lautlingen, Albstadt ). The Jehle Musikhaus in Ebingen (today a district of Albstadt ) includes a music publisher, a music shop and workshops for making violins and brass instruments.

Life

Jehle was the oldest child and the only son of the composer, organ builder, music publisher, music house founder and conductor Johannes Jehle (1881-1935). His grandfather was Friedrich Martin Jehle (1844–1941). From 1928 he was a trainee at the Ebingen furniture maker Johannes Grotz, and from 1929 he did an apprenticeship as a piano maker at the Karl Hardt company in Stuttgart. After the journeyman's examination in 1931, he stayed in Stuttgart and worked in the piano parts factory Louis Renner and the harmonium department of the piano factory Schiedmayer. He also attended the Music Conservatory and would have much preferred to study music. Because of his father's illness (consequences of a stroke in 1928) he was ordered back to Ebingen and started working as a "piano technician" on October 1, 1932 in the music store Johannes Jehle Ebingen / Württ., Untere Vorstadt 15.

In the 1930s, says the family legend, he was called to Lautlingen Castle when the cello (which Claus usually played) was not occupied by Count Stauffenberg's house music . So he knew from his own experience what he was talking about when he published a three-part study on music and the Stauffenberg family in the Zollern-Alb-Kurier in 1977 . He is also known for his bike tours to Cologne and Berlin, or with music director Hermann Stern in 1938 on a motorcycle to Prague. On these trips he met the internationally famous violin maker Herbert Moritz Mönnig in Markneukirchen , who worked in the music house from 1934. In 1937 he hired the piano technician Gerhard Binnas, and in early 1939 the brass instrument maker Emil Bagus, presumably he already had piano construction plans, but in August 1939, a few days after attending the Salzburg Festival, he had to move in.

Second World War

On April 9, 1940, he took part in the occupation of Oslo. For the wedding with the teacher Hanna Seeger, church wedding on June 17, 1942 in the Ebingen Kapellkirche, he traveled from a fjord behind the North Cape. He had already bought the first historical keyboard instrument in 1934 and was looking for more in Norway. His greatest find was a violin made by the Amati brothers . The whole company was busy with the payment and transport arrangements for the instruments. He also took part in two singing leader courses (one under the direction of Hans Baumann ) and founded a soldiers' choir at each location. He took over the part of the pianist himself in performances, he is said to have improvised fantastically. After an interlude on the French Atlantic, he was wounded on November 10, 1943 at the Battle of Fastow (near Kiev) and kept a stiff right elbow and fingers on his right hand throughout his life.

Head of the music house

In mid-May 1945 he took up the job as head of the music house; he kept the name Musikhaus Johannes Jehle out of respect for his father. He immediately began to organize concerts, the first from 1945 to 1952 in the New Club House: the series of valuable music , entry initially: a log or briquette. The series of museum concerts that he organized from the mid-sixties was continued by the cultural office of the city of Albstadt after his death.

In the first post-war years he also tried to revive the music publisher Johannes Jehle founded by his father (editions by Hermann Stern, Johannes Schrenk, Hilda Kocher-Klein).

On May 1, 1946, he was one of the founders of the CDU local group in Ebingen; From 1946 to 1951 he was CDU district chairman, from 1948 to 1952 he was a lay judge at the Balingen district court .

From 1947 he gave lectures on music history topics, again and again at the Ebingen adult education center or on special occasions in the town hall, in the festival hall, but also in the castle on Mainau or in the congress hall in Berlin .

By 1947 at the latest, he had set up a room in the music house in which, in addition to old musical instruments, he kept the musical legacies of his father and grandfather - the primal cell of the Jehle Music History Collection . In 1964 he presented the collection on the top floor of the Ebingen town hall, in 1970 he sold it to the city of Ebingen. She has been housed in Stauffenberg Castle Albstadt-Lautlingen since 1977, and has been looked after by his eldest daughter Ursula Eppler (born 1945) since 1982.

In 1948 he took over the choir of the Friedenskirche and was responsible for accompanying liturgical services, annual singing weeks and large concerts with orchestra and soloists, to which the whole of Ebingen made a pilgrimage. The Christmas music in the Friedenskirche will not be forgotten every year on the Festival of Apparitions. In 1977, after differences with the then incumbent pastor, he dissolved the choir after almost 30 years. His name is not mentioned in the commemorative publication for the 75th anniversary of the Friedenskirche in 2007.

Further development of the company

The hiring of the first apprentice (on August 1, 1949) was de facto the founding of the Jehle piano factory, initially in the rear building of the Linder & Schmied factory in Schmiechastraße, and from 1956 on the two lower floors of the Hugo & Erwinblick factory in Riedstraße. From 1948 to 1966 he was a member of journeyman's examination committees, from 1948 to 1974 master assessor in the master’s examination committee for piano and harpsichord makers of the Reutlingen Chamber of Crafts, from 1951 chairman of the master’s examination committee for brass instrument makers, from 1965 specialist group leader in piano construction in the BIV (Federal Guild Association), from 1974 master’s assessor in the examination committee for the Piano and harpsichord building trade of the Stuttgart Chamber of Crafts, member of the examination board for piano tuners and chairman of the master's examination board for organ and harmonium building trade. As early as 1949 he was guild chief master of the Reutlingen musical instrument makers guild, later chief master of the Baden-Württemberg musical instrument makers, from 1981 honorary chief master. He delivered his pianos and grand pianos worldwide, his cupboard wing was the sensation at the Frankfurt Spring Fair in 1967.

In 1975 he handed the music house over to his eldest son, Peter Jehle (1948–1999), but kept the piano factory and traded as Jehle KG . He finally closed this chapter in Ebingen's company history in March 1981. Peter Jehle renamed the music store to Musikhaus Peter Jehle and finally closed it in 1987.

Martin Friedrich Jehle came to the hospital in mid-1982 because of diabetes, first in Ebingen, then in Tübingen. He took note of the publication of his book Württemberg piano makers of the 18th and 19th centuries at the end of October 1982. Martin Friedrich Jehle died at the age of 68 in the surgical clinic in Tübingen.

Honors

Publications

Compositions

  • When one is offended. Text and music by M. [artin] Jehle. Ebingen: Musikverlag Johannes Jehle [1933 or earlier (Canon postcard no. 3); the only one of his canons that is published.

Monographs

  • Music store Johs. Jehle Ebingen / Württ. 1907 - 1947. Ebingen: Musikverlag Johannes Jehle 1947, 16 pp.
  • Jehle: A guide for musicians. [Ebingen: Musikhaus Johannes Jehle, late 1940s], 52 p., The most extensive company publication, concentrating on all types of instruments offered, plus violin workshop, brass workshop, piano workshop, tuning, repairs, expert opinions, the piano factory was not yet founded; also contains golden rules from "Essays by master piano maker Martin Friedrich Jehle"
  • 50 years of Jehle. Ebingen: Johannes Jehle 1957, 24 pp.
  • Piano and harpsichord maker (craft), piano maker (industry). Published by the Federal Labor Office, Nuremberg, in agreement with the Central Association of German Crafts, Bonn, the German Piano Industry Association e. V., Frankfurt am Main, the German Music Council, Bonn-Bad Godesberg, and the German Federation of Trade Unions. Author: Martin Friedrich Jehle, Ebingen. W. Bertelsmann Verlag KG Bielefeld 1975 (Blätter zur Berufskunde 1), 8 S. (The 2nd edition 1984 wrote Martin Sassmann.)
  • Lautlingen Castle. Music history collection. Albstadt-Ebingen [1979], 40 p., First brief catalog of the Jehle Music History Collection, cover picture black and white (later corrected editions have a color cover picture).
  • Württemberg piano makers of the 18th and 19th centuries. Frankfurt am Main: Bochinsky 1982 (Das Musikinstrument 34), 120 pp.

Essays

  • From the journeyman's examination for piano maker apprentices from repair shops. In: Instrumentenbau-Zeitung (Konstanz), Volume 4, No. 3, December 1949, p. 32.
  • Who is a professional? In: Instrumentenbau-Zeitschrift (Siegburg) 13th vol. No. 8, May 1959, pp. 207f.
  • Who is a professional? In: Instrumentenbau-Zeitschrift (Siegburg), Volume 14, No. 3, December 1959, p. 54.
  • Is there an appointment as an instrument maker? In: Instrumentenbau-Zeitschrift (Siegburg), Volume 16, No. 8, May 1962, p. 295.
  • How can we “understand” music? Lecture at the opening of the Jehle Music History Collection on June 3, 1964. 13. S. unprinted.
  • Suggestion from a choir director. In: Württembergische Blätter für Kirchenmusik (Stuttgart), Volume 32, No. 1 (January / March 1965), p. 25.
  • Memorabilia for the family book of people who enjoy playing music and of large and small pianos . In: Pianofortefabrik Jehle [piano brochure]. Ebingen: Jehle [early 1960s], poster folded into a fan-fold; that. in: Pianofortefabrik Jehle [piano brochure]. Ebingen: Jehle [1967], in this brochure the cabinet wing is shown, the brochure may have been created especially for the Frankfurt Music Fair 1967, in this brochure on the last 4 pages and in the back cover there is also a text on the development of the piano 4 black and white photos of instruments in the Jehle Music History Collection.
  • Piano maker and musician. In: Instrumentenbau-Zeitschrift, Volume 19, No. 9, September 1965, pp. 388 and 390; that. in: Documentation Europianokongress Berlin 1965, May 25th - 30th Congress Hall. Congress report. Published by Fördergemeinschaft Klavier e. V. Edited by HK Herzog. Collaboration with Dr. E. Rohlfs and Dr. Dr. G. Price. Frankfurt am Main: Fördergemeinschaft Klavier 1966, pp. 64–67.
  • Anonymous [ie Martin Friedrich Jehle]: Pianofortefabrik Jehle in Ebingen, Württemberg. New: a cabinet wing. In: ibz. Instrumentenbau-Zeitschrift 21. Vol. 2, February 1967, p. 78.
  • Courage to craft. In: Instrumentenbau-Zeitschrift (Siegburg) 22nd vol. No. 9, September 1968, p. 452.
  • For the 20th anniversary of the singing camps of the choir of the Friedenskirche Ebingen. In: Choir of the Friedenskirche Ebingen: Singing week from May 15-18, 1969 in the Bernstein Monastery. Program, unpag.p. 4f.
  • Train piano makers promptly. We need to keep talking about it. In: Instrumentenbau-Zeitschrift (Siegburg) 24th vol. No. 10, October 1970, p. 543.
  • Three unknown compositions in the Sindelfingen city archive. In: From Schönbuch and Gäu (Böblingen) 1973 No. 9/10, p. 40; About Johann Ludwig Friedrich Hainlin (1750 - 1823), 1782 - 1793 helper in Ebingen, 1794 - 1821 city pastor in Sindelfingen.
  • Anonymous [ie Martin Friedrich Jehle]: Music brings joy to people. The variety in the offer makes it necessary to get advice from a specialist. In: Schwarzwälder Bote, March 13, 1975, special supplement HGV.
  • The choir of our Martinskirche is more than 500 years old. In: Evangelical Church Community Albstadt-Ebingen, supplement July / August 1975 to the Evangelical Community Gazette for Württemberg and the Stuttgart Evangelical Sunday Gazette.
  • One should have celebrated a party. The Martinskirche choir is more than 500 years old. In: Zollern-Alb-Kurier (Albstadt), August 14, 1975.
  • Adolph Mörike, the piano maker. In: Schwäbische Heimat (Stuttgart), Volume 26, Volume 3: July - September 1975, Volume 3, pp. 241–243.
  • A walk through the history of music in Ebingen. Excerpts from Martin Jehle, 1000 years of music in Ebingen. In: Zollern-Alb-Kurier (Albstadt), June 30, 1976, special supplement “175 Years of the Ebingen Municipal Orchestra”.
  • From minstrels, tower players and "Zinkenisten". A piece of the way with the Ebingen music history / It started in the bathing rooms / By Martin Jehle. In: Schwarzwälder Bote, July 1, 1976, special supplement “Municipal Orchestra in 175 Years”.
  • Could art be lost in Albstadt? City Hall - for whom? A consideration by Martin Jehle. In: Zollern-Alb-Kurier (Albstadt), September 1, 1976.
  • The “song of the centuries” from the organ gallery. Martinskirche as the nucleus of Ebingen's musical life. A thousand years of music in Ebingen / recorded by Martin Jehle. In: Schwarzwälder Bote (Albstadt), 8./9. January 1977.
  • Lautlingen Castle and the music. Martin Jehle prepared a study on the Stauffenbergs for the opening of the music history collection. In: Zollern-Alb-Kurier (Albstadt), July 30, 1977.
  • Lautlingen Castle and the music. Study for the opening of the “music history collection” in Stauffenberg Castle. In: Zollern-Alb-Kurier (Albstadt), August 9, 1977.
  • Lautlingen Castle and the music. Many Stauffenbergs were musically committed. In: Zollern-Alb-Kurier (Albstadt), August 16, 1977.
  • A thousand years of music in Ebingen. In: Gesangverein Eintracht e. V. Albstadt-Ebingen 1881 / 1981. Albstadt: Gesangverein Eintracht 1981, p. 48, full-page text, including the comment: "Excerpt from the book manuscript by Martin Jehle" (apart from the excerpts mentioned here, the book is unprinted).

Instruments in public collections

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fascinating Instruments , swp.de, article from January 7, 2014.
  2. ↑ Office of the Federal President
personal data
SURNAME Jehle, Martin Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German piano maker and music dealer
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Ebingen
DATE OF DEATH November 14, 1982
Place of death Tübingen