Siegfried Wilhelm Dehn
Siegfried Wilhelm (von) Dehn , origin. Samuel Dehn , (born February 24, 1799 in Altona , † April 12, 1858 in Berlin ) was a German music theorist and counterpoint teacher .
Life
Dehn owes his first musical training to the Hamburg composer Paul Wineberger . From 1819 to 1823 he studied law in Leipzig and became a member of the Corps Saxonia Leipzig in 1820 . In addition, he worked as a music critic for the Leipziger Zeitung and received further music lessons from the organist Johann Andreas Dröbs . In 1823 he moved to Berlin, but worked in his father's bank until his bankruptcy in 1830. He then completed his musical training with Bernhard Klein and made music his profession. He soon became a sought-after counterpoint and composition teacher.
His music theory approach was based on the close connection between harmony and basso continuo . Michail Glinka describes his teaching style as follows: “Dehn, who recognized his student's abilities with a keen eye, refrained from pedantry and overly dry instruction in his lessons and had him write three and four-part fugues as an exercise, developing his taste and his music theory Knowledge organized. ”From 1837 to 1839 he also taught Clara Wieck when she was in Berlin.
Dehn privately collected music manuscripts that he acquired on extensive trips. On the recommendation of Alexander von Humboldt and Giacomo Meyerbeer , he became custodian of the music of the Royal Library in 1842 , and he made a significant contribution to the development and expansion of the library . He arranged for the inventory to be organized and cataloged, copies of musical works from other libraries in Prussia to be made and valuable collections and estates to be included in the library's holdings. In 1846 he acquired Anton Schindler 's Beethoven collection . He held the office until his death. His successor was Franz Espagne .
He emerged as an author of music theory works, e.g. In 1840, for example, he published the theoretical-practical theory of harmony , which at the same time is to be seen as an outline of the history of music since the time of Gregorian chant and mensural notation . He was one of the first who dealt with the translation of neumes into modern music notation. From 1842 to 1848 he was editor of the magazine Cäcilia .
As editor he concentrated on works by Orlando di Lasso and Johann Sebastian Bach , which he edited on the basis of the sources. He went beyond the previous practice, such as that used by Friedrich Konrad Griepenkerl . Together with Ignaz Moscheles , Louis Spohr u. a. Dehn was instrumental in founding the Bach Society in 1850 . He also worked from 1845 to 1847 as the successor of Eduard Grell as a singing teacher at the Royal Cathedral Choir Berlin . He was appointed professor in 1849, and in 1850 he was appointed a member of the Academy of Arts (Berlin) . From 1855 he taught at the New Academy of Music, which was founded by Theodor Kullak .
Siegfried Wilhelm Dehn died of a stroke in 1858 at the age of 59 and was buried in Berlin's Sophienfriedhof II . The grave has not been preserved.
Eminent students
- Albert Becker (1834–1899), composer
- Martin Blumner (1827–1901), composer
- Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf (1830–1913), composer and pianist
- Peter Cornelius (1824–1874), poet and composer
- Immanuel Faißt (1823–1894), composer, choir conductor and university professor
- Michail Iwanowitsch Glinka (1804–1857), composer
- Carl August Haupt (1810–1891), composer
- Friedrich Kiel (1821–1885), composer
- Theodor Kullak (1818–1882), pianist and composer
- Karl Adolf Lorenz (1837–1923), conductor and composer
- Anton Grigorjewitsch Rubinstein (1829–1894), pianist and composer
- Nikolai Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1835–1881), pianist and composer
- Louis Schlottmann (1826–1905), musician and composer
- Hugo Ulrich (1827–1872), pianist and composer
Works
- Theoretical-practical harmony theory with attached basso continuo examples , Berlin , 1840
- Analysis of three fugues by S. Bach and a vocal fugue by AM Bononcini's , 1858
- Doctrine of the counterpoint, canon and fugue , 1859
- Orlandus Lassus Psalmi VII poenitentiales undated (ed.)
- 12 volumes of polyphonic chants from the 16th and 17th centuries , undated (ed.)
Edits
- Bach, JS [BWV 211] Joh. Seb. Brook. Funny cantatas. No. I. Schlendrian with his daughter Liefsgen (coffee cantata :). Published by SW Dehn. Interdum et Socrates equitabat arundine longa, [approx. 1830], 31 pp. (Score)
- Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685–1750), [BWV 1042], Deuxieme Concerto en Mi majeur pour le Violon with Accompagnament de deux Violons, Viola et Basse… , publie pour la premiere fois par SW Dehn [score]. Leipzig, Peters (V. No. 3888) [approx. 1875]. 20 lithographed S.
literature
- Carl von Ledebur , Tonkünstler-Lexicon Berlin's from the oldest times to the present , Berlin 1861, pp. 106-109 ( digitized version )
- Arrey von Dommer : Dehn, Siegfried Wilhelm . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 27 f.
- Thekla Schneider: Dehn, Siegfried Wilhelm. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 566 ( digitized version ).
- Robert and Clara Schumann's correspondence with correspondents in Berlin 1832 to 1883 , ed. by Klaus Martin Kopitz , Eva Katharina Klein and Thomas Synofzik (= Schumann-Briefedition , Series II, Volume 17), Cologne: Dohr 2015, pp. 131-137, ISBN 978-3-86846-028-5
- Bernhard Scholz : Siegfried Wilhelm Dehn , Nekrolog. In: Niederrheinische Musik-Zeitung for art lovers and artists , Volume 6, No. 21 of May 22, 1858, digitized
Web links
- Literature by and about Siegfried Wilhelm Dehn in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Siegfried Wilhelm Dehn in the German Digital Library
- Musical estate of SW Dehn in the Berlin State Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 96 , 111
- ↑ MI Glinka, Literarischer Nachlass , Vol. 1, Leningrad 1952, p. 299, cited above. according to Michail Glinka, Notes from my life , Wilhelmshaven 1969, p. 247
- ^ Frank / Altmann : Tonkünstlerlexikon, Heinrichshofen´s Verlag Wilhelmshaven, 15th edition 1971, ISBN 3-7959-0083-2 , p. 120
- ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende: Lexicon of Berlin tombs . Haude & Spener, Berlin 2006. p. 47.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Dehn, Siegfried Wilhelm |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dehn, Siegfried Wilhelm von; Dehn, Samuel (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German music theorist and counterpoint teacher |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 24, 1799 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Altona |
DATE OF DEATH | April 12, 1858 |
Place of death | Berlin |