Samuel Friedrich Strauch
Samuel Friedrich Strauch (born September 8, 1788 in Mittelbach , † February 10, 1860 in Ernstthal ) was a German organist and cantor . He became known as the teacher of Karl May .
Life
In 1812 Strauch became the organist of the St. Jakobi town church in Chemnitz . From 1819 he worked as a cantor and teacher in Ernstthal. In 1850 he left the school service.
He taught the young Karl May to play the organ, piano and violin, as well as in composition; this reports in his autobiography about his former teacher.
May's statement that Strauch's estate was destroyed by his widow Friederike Wilhelmine Concordia cannot be completely correct, because the said estate was offered in the antiquarian bookshop List & Franke in Leipzig in 1863 .
literature
- Karl May , My Life and Striving , Freiburg 1910
- Ecclesiastical statistical handbook for the Kingdom of Saxony , Dresden 1845, p. 310.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Directory of a valuable collection of works from theoretical and practical music from the estate of Mr. Cantor Strauch in Ernstthal , Leipzig 1863
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Strauch, Samuel Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German organist and cantor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 8, 1788 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mittelbach |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 10, 1860 |
| Place of death | Ernstthal |