Samuel Heinrich Spiker

Samuel Heinrich Spiker, unmarked painting, around 1830, (Berlin, Märkisches Museum )

Samuel Heinrich Spiker (born December 24, 1786 in Berlin ; † May 25, 1858 ibid) was a Berlin journalist , travel writer and librarian .

Life

Spiker was the librarian of the Royal Library and from 1814, together with Friedrich Rühs, published the magazine for the latest history, national and ethnology . In 1827 he became editor of the high-circulation Berlinische Nachrichten von Staats- und schehrteachen , or Spenersche Zeitung for short .

He was also very musical, joined the Singakademie in 1807 and published some songs. He has also worked as a translator of English-language literature, including works by Shakespeare and Washington Irving .

His meeting with Ludwig van Beethoven , who gave Spiker a handwritten copy of his 9th symphony in Vienna on September 23, 1826 , which he gave to King Friedrich Wilhelm III, is significant . had dedicated. The copy is now in the possession of the Berlin State Library. Spiker left extensive memories of this encounter, at which Beethoven's publisher friend Tobias Haslinger accompanied him.

Works

Journey through England, Wales and Scotland in 1816 , Leipzig 1818
Lalla Rûkh. A festival with song and dance. Listed on the Königl. Closed in Berlin on January 27th, 1821 with the presence of the IIKKHH of Grand Duke Nicolaus and Grand Duchess Alexandra Feodorowna , Berlin 1822
Berlin and its surroundings in the nineteenth century , Berlin 1833 (digitized version)

literature

Heinrich Pröhle: Spiker, Samuel Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 35, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, pp. 164-166.
Erich Wiedecke: History of the Haude and Spenerschen newspaper. 1734-1874. Berlin 1925
Alexander von Humboldt and Samuel Heinrich Spiker: Correspondence. ed. by Ingo Schwarz, Berlin 2007 (= contributions to Alexander von Humboldt research , volume 27)

Web links

Wikisource: Samuel Heinrich Spiker - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

^ [1] Carl von Ledebur: Tonkünstler-Lexicon Berlin's from the oldest times to the present . Rauh, Berlin 1861, p. 558 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb10931847-2 ( full text in the Google book search).
↑ Klaus Martin Kopitz , Rainer Cadenbach (Ed.) U. a .: Beethoven from the point of view of his contemporaries in diaries, letters, poems and memories. Volume 2: Lachner - Zmeskall. Edited by the Beethoven Research Center at the Berlin University of the Arts. Henle, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-87328-120-2 , pp. 924-929.

personal data
SURNAME	Spiker, Samuel Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German journalist, travel writer and librarian
DATE OF BIRTH	December 24, 1786
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	May 25, 1858
Place of death	Berlin

[1] [1] Carl von Ledebur: Tonkünstler-Lexicon Berlin's from the oldest times to the present . Rauh, Berlin 1861, p. 558 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb10931847-2 ( full text in the Google book search).

[2] Klaus Martin Kopitz , Rainer Cadenbach (Ed.) U. a .: Beethoven from the point of view of his contemporaries in diaries, letters, poems and memories. Volume 2: Lachner - Zmeskall. Edited by the Beethoven Research Center at the Berlin University of the Arts. Henle, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-87328-120-2 , pp. 924-929.