Mendelssohn Prize

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The Mendelssohn Prize ( Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy State Scholarship , also: Mendelssohn State Prize ) was an annual scholarship donated by the Prussian state from 1879 to 1936 to promote the training of talented musicians.

history

January 23rd / 20th In February 1878, a contract was signed between the heirs of the General Music Director Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and the Royal Prussian Treasury: the heirs transfer the musical manuscripts left by their father to the Prussian Treasury, against which the latter undertakes to pay a permanent annual pension of 3,150 marks “as one for Education of capable and ambitious musicians regardless of age, sex, religion or nationality to provide certain scholarship foundation through the state budget budget ”. The foundation's board of trustees consisted of the respective director of the Hochschule für Musik zu Berlin , a member to be appointed by the ministry for a period of three years, and a further member elected by the first two.

In 1899 Ernst von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy and the brothers Franz and Robert von Mendelssohn donated a capital of 30,000 marks to the foundation, which thus acquired the rights of a legal person. Between 1921 and 1924 the foundation was suspended due to inflation . Until 1936 Prussia paid the contractually agreed pension of 3,150 marks in 1878. From 1937 the amount was converted into a “Prussian State Scholarship for Musicians” together with other foundations. Funds from the foundation were invested in securities until 1944.

In 1963 the Prize was given new life by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation with the establishment of the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Prize (Mendelssohn Prize ).

conditions

Two further training grants were awarded annually: one for composers, one for performing musicians. The demands on Mendelssohn scholarship holders were very high; the actual scholarship (the Great Mendelssohn Prize ) of 1,500 marks was not awarded several times (1913, 1915, 1918) or shared (1912, 1914). In addition, free honorable mentions were distributed and donations made (between 100 and 350 marks). The "Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy State Scholarships" only considered applicants who had been a student at a state-supported training institution for at least six months. Exceptions were made for Prussian citizens.

Curators

Prize winner for composition

Performing musicians

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ kept in the Berlin State Library
  2. ^ Rudolf Elvers : Donations and foundations of the Mendelssohns , p. 101. In: The Mendelssohns in Berlin: a family and their city . Pp. 94-109 . Wiesbaden: Reichert 1983. ISBN 3-88226-185-4 .
  3. ^ Rudolf Elvers: Donations and foundations of the Mendelssohns . P. 102. In: The Mendelssohns in Berlin: a family and their city . Pp. 94-109 . Wiesbaden: Reichert 1983. ISBN 3-88226-185-4 .
  4. ↑ Hesse's musician calendar 1928. Berlin: Hesse 1927. Vol. 2, p. 578.
  5. ↑ Rudolf Elvers indicates the prize money ( Donations and foundations of the Mendelssohns , p. 102. In: The Mendelssohns in Berlin: a family and their city . Pp. 94-109. Wiesbaden: Reichert 1983. ISBN 3-88226-185- 4 ), but not whether it was a prize winner for composition or for performing musical arts, so the assignment is often uncertain.
  6. ↑ Leipzig Mendelssohn Prize . Archived from the original on June 27, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 10, 2009. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mendelssohn-preis.de