Moritz Klengel

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Moritz Klengel, daguerreotype by Eduard Wehnert and Bertha Wehnert-Beckmann (1815–1901), approx. 1845

Moritz Gotthold Klengel (born May 4, 1793 in Stolpen , † September 14, 1870 in Leipzig ) was a German violinist.

Life

Moritz Klengel was a son of Johann Gottlieb Klengel (1761-1848), who worked as a cantor and organist in Stolpen, from his marriage to Johanna Eleonore Nitzschin. He himself attended the Kreuzschule in Dresden . 1809 he emigrated from there on foot to Leipzig on October 8 in the Gewandhaus to play, where he found a permanent job as a violinist 1814th On April 20, 1817, he married in Dewitz at Taucha Marie Susanne Roger, with whom he had several children.

From 1829 to 1832 Klengel was music director of the Masonic lodge " Balduin zur Linde ", which still exists today. In addition to his work in the Gewandhaus Orchestra , which he held until 1866, Klengel also taught at the Leipzig Conservatory , which was founded in 1843, and was a member of the board of directors of the Bach Society .

His circle of friends included many musicians from Leipzig, including Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Robert Schumann .

family

Moritz Klengel's older brother was the opera singer ( tenor ) August Gottlieb Klengel (born April 7, 1787 in Dresden, † October 18, 1860 in Hamburg ).

Moritz Klengel's eldest child was the writer and private scholar Wilhelm Julius Klengel (1818–1879), whose son in turn was the cellist and composer Julius Klengel (1859–1933). Another child was the pianist Pauline Klengel (1831–1888), who later married the violinist Engelbert Röntgen (1829–1897), who became a member of the Gewandhaus Orchestra in 1850 and, in 1873 - as successor to Ferdinand David - concertmaster.

literature

  • Emil Kneschke: The Royal Conservatory of Music in Leipzig. 1843-1893. Leipzig 1893, p. 24. (digitized version)
  • Max Unger : For Julius Klengel's 60th birthday. In: New magazine for music. Vol. 86, 1929, p. 241.
  • Almuth Märker: The 'frozen moment' must not pass. The restoration of rare daguerreotypes in the Leipzig University Library. In: The magazine of the libraries in Saxony. No. 1, 2014, p. 56f. ( PDF )

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Friedrich Fuchs: The Masonic Lodge Balduin zur Linde in Leipzig 1776–1876. Festschrift for the secular celebration on May 27 and 28, 1876. Leipzig 1876, OCLC 248968729 , p. 152. (digitized version )


personal data
SURNAME Klengel, Moritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Klengel, Moritz Gotthold (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German violinist
DATE OF BIRTH May 4, 1793
PLACE OF BIRTH Stumble
DATE OF DEATH September 14, 1870
Place of death Leipzig