Maximilian Joseph Leidesdorf

Maximilian Marcus Joseph Leidesdorf (born July 5, 1787 in Vienna , † September 27, 1840 in Florence ) was an Austrian composer and music publisher.

Maximilian Josef Leidesdorf, lithograph by Josef Kriehuber , 1829

His parents were the money changer and wholesaler Joseph Leidesdorf (1743-1805) and his wife Anna Hönig von Hönigsberg (nobility 1789, 1724-1808).

Leidesdorf was an excellent pianist and fruitful composer, whose chamber and church music was particularly valued. In 1822 he founded the publishing house Sauer & Leidesdorf with Ignaz Sauer ; from 1827 to 1833 the company was called Max. Jos. Leidesdorf . Leidesdorf published works by Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert , among others ; he was also one of the composers who contributed a variation to Anton Diabelli's Patriotic Artists' Association . He left Vienna around 1830 and lived in Florence, where he also died.

He married Elisabeth Cremes († 1840) in Trieste in 1810. The couple had 9 children including:

Gustav (* 1811), piano composer
Maximilian (1816–1889) ∞ Amalie Selss (1826–1915)
Ferdinand (* 1828), draftsman

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Leidesdorf, MJ . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 14th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1865, p. 324 f. ( Digitized version ).
Maximilian Joseph Leidesdorf. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1972, p. 105.
Imogen Fellinger: Leidesdorf (er), Maximilian Joseph. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 14, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-428-00195-8 , p. 136 ( digitized version ).
Tino Erben: Citizenship and protest. Biedermeier and Vormärz in Vienna 1815–1848 (= Historical Museum of the City of Vienna. Special exhibition. 109, ZDB -ID 881004-7 ). Self-published by the Museums of the City of Vienna, Vienna 1987, p. 97, (exhibition catalog Künstlerhaus Wien 1987/88).

Web links

Commons : Maximilian Joseph Leidesdorf - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Sheet music and audio files by Maximilian Joseph Leidesdorf in the International Music Score Library Project

personal data
SURNAME	Leidesdorf, Maximilian Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Leidesdorf, Maximilian Marcus Joseph; Leidesdorf, Maximilian Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian composer and music publisher
DATE OF BIRTH	July 5, 1787
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	September 27, 1840
Place of death	Florence