Maximilian Schwedler

Maximilian Schwedler (born March 31, 1853 in Hirschberg , Silesia, † January 16, 1940 in Leipzig ) was a German flautist and flute maker.

Life

Schwedler studied in Dresden with the flautist Friedrich August Meinel . In 1881 he switched from the Stadttheater Düsseldorf to the Leipzig Theater and Gewandhaus Orchestra as solo flutist and remained in this position until 1917. Johannes Brahms commented on the occasion of the Leipzig premiere of his Symphony No. 4 in 1886 praised Schwedler game, and various composers widmetem his works, 1908 Carl Reinecke his Flute Concerto op. 283. He later received the title of professor, taught at the Conservatory of Leipzig and worked as a music publisher . In 1897 he wrote the book Catechism of the Flute and Flute Playing (revised in 1923 as Flute and Flute Playing ). In 1940 he put an end to his life himself.

In Leipzig, Schwedler was a member of the Apollo Masonic Lodge .

Maximilian Schwedler was one of the last great flautists to reject the design of the Böhm flute and preferred the conical design, which goes back to the transverse flute . From 1885 he was involved in flute making and, together with the Erfurt flute maker Friedrich Wilhelm Kruspe and later his son Carl, developed a design that was improved several times and became known as the "Schwedler-Kruspe Reform Flute".

Individual evidence

^ The New Grove, 2nd edition

literature

Adolph Goldberg: portraits and biographies of outstanding flute virtuosos, dilettantes and composers . Moeck 1987 (reprint from 1906). ISBN 3-87549-028-2
Friedrich Blume (Ed.): Music in the past and present , 1st edition, 1949–1986

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personal data
SURNAME	Schwedler, Maximilian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German flautist and flute maker
DATE OF BIRTH	March 31, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hirschberg , Silesia
DATE OF DEATH	January 16, 1940
Place of death	Leipzig

[1] The New Grove, 2nd edition