Stephan Ley

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Stephan Ley (born November 29, 1867 in Bonn ; † May 30, 1964 in Bonn) was a German teacher , Beethoven researcher and music writer.

Life

Ley visited in Bonn, the Royal Grammar School (now the Beethoven-Gymnasium ) and studied at the University of Classical Philology , German and history . He then worked as a grammar school teacher in Emmerich and Essen and finally became director of the municipal grammar school in Boppard (today the Kant grammar school ). Here he aroused the displeasure of the French occupation forces and was expelled. He then returned to school and taught at high schools in Wipperfürth ( Oberbergischer Kreis ) and Linz am Rhein . After retiring in 1932 , he returned to his hometown.

Ley published six highly regarded books and a total of 85 essays on Ludwig van Beethoven . For his great services to Beethoven research, he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit, First Class, by the then Federal President Theodor Heuss in 1958 . Ley's most important legacy is an extensive collection of the surviving pictorial evidence. It is now in the Beethoven House in Bonn .

The scientist last lived at Meckenheimer Chaussee 153. He found his final resting place in the old cemetery in Bonn .

Books

  • Beethoven's life in authentic pictures and texts , Berlin, published by Bruno Cassirer 1925
  • Beethoven as a friend of the Wegeler family -v. Breuning , Bonn 1927
  • Beethoven. His life in self-testimonies, letters and reports , Berlin, Propylaen-Verlag, 1939; Rastatt, Pabel-Moewig, 1979, ISBN 3-8118-5039-3
  • From Beethoven's Earth Days , Bonn, Karl Glöckner, 1948; Siegburg 1957
  • Goethe and Friederike. Attempt at a critical conclusion , Bonn, Röhrscheid, 1947
  • Beethoven's character , Bonn, Röhrscheid, 1948
  • Anton Schindler, biography of Ludwig van Beethoven , in abbreviated form with corrective notes, newly edited. by Stephan Ley, Bonn 1949
  • Truth, doubt and error in the tidings of Beethoven's life , Wiesbaden, Breitkopf & Härtel, 1955

Essays

  • Beethoven's later relationship with his home in the Rhineland , in: Der Türmer , vol. 23 (1920/21), issue 11, pp. 338–341
  • Unpublished portraits from Beethoven's circle of friends , in: Westermanns Monatshefte , vol. 150 = 75 (1931), p. 511 f. (Portraits of the family of Johann Baptist von Puthon, by Franz von Oppersdorff and Vinzenz Hauschka)
  • A picture of Beethoven's Immortal Beloved ? , in: Atlantis , vol. 5 (1933), issue 12, p. 766 f. (about a portrait miniature from Beethoven's estate)
  • By Beethoven's Doctors , in: The Medical World , 1934, No. 21, pp. 747-752
  • A Beethoven grand piano , in: Atlantis , Jg. 7 (1935), p. 703 (fortepiano owned by Beethoven's lawyer Johann Kanka)
  • Beethoven's Duzfreunde , in: Der Türmer , vol. 38 (1934/35), p. 371 f.
  • Kleine Beethoveniana , in: Neues Beethoven-Jahrbuch , Vol. 6 (1935/36), pp. 26–35
  • At Beethoven's last sick bed , in: Die Medizinische Welt , year 1936, No. 29/30, pp. 1–14
  • Beethoven's later relationship with his hometown , in: Bonner Geschichtsblätter , Jg. 1 (1937), pp. 97–113
  • On Beethoven's birthday , in: New Beethoven Yearbook , Volume 7 (1937), pp. 29–31
  • Grätz Castle near Troppau . Beethoven and the princely family Lichnowsky , in: Atlantis , vol. 9 (1937), issue 1, pp. 59–64
  • Beethoven and Fürst Lobkowitz , in: Atlantis , vol. 9 (1937), issue 12, pp. 748–752
  • Basics of the Beethoven iconography , in: Neues Beethoven-Jahrbuch , Vol. 8 (1938), pp. 84-103
  • An unknown Beethoven picture , in: Die neue Saat , vol. 1 (1938), booklet 10, p. 314 (Beethoven portrait of an unknown Viennese painter from 1820 compared with the portrait of Carl Jäger from 1870)
  • Beethoven as a house friend in a Viennese family , in: Velhagen & Klasings MONTHS , Jg. 54 (1939/40), p. 319 f.
  • Beethoven and the Count's Brunsvik family , in: Atlantis , Jg. 12 (1940), Heft 3, pp. 101-104
  • Documentary information on Beethoven's burial and first grave , in: New Beethoven-Jahrbuch , vol. 10 (1942), pp. 25–35
  • Anna Catharina Bethoffen , in: Zeitschrift für Musik , vol. 112 (1951), p. 304 f.
  • Beethoven's dedications , in: Zeitschrift für Musik , vol. 113 (1952), pp. 135-138
  • On Beethoven's family history , in: Zeitschrift für Musik , vol. 113 (1952), pp. 691–693 (critical consideration of some anecdotes)
  • Karl Holz , in: Musica , Jg. 7 (1953), pp. 222 and 224
  • Beethoven's encounter with Goethe , in: Neff-Almanach , Vienna 1954, pp. 101–108
  • On Beethoven's death bed , in: Musica , Jg. 9 (1955), pp. 235-236 (description of Beethoven's death by his brother Johann in comparison with that of Anselm Hüttenbrenner )
  • The Beethoven silhouette. On the discussion on the dating of the Beethoven picture by Neesen , in: Musica , Jg. 9 (1956), p. 363
  • Historical highlights. Philipp Hauschka , in: Musica , vol. 12 (1958), p. 567
  • Marie Bigot , in: Neue Zeitschrift für Musik , vol. 119 (1958), p. 510 f.
  • A friend of Beethoven , in: Neue Zeitschrift für Musik , vol. 119 (1958), p. 21 (about Elisabeth von Kissow, later Bernhard, with portrait)
  • From Beethoven's note calendar , in: Neue Zeitschrift für Musik , vol. 120 (1959), pp. 504–506
  • Anna Bahr-Mildenburg on “ Fidelio ” , in: Neue Zeitschrift für Musik , vol. 120 (1959), pp. 512-514
  • Beethoven's "Brieftaube" , in: Musica , Jg. 13 (1959), pp. 733–734 (about Nannette Streicher, whom Beethoven once called "little carrier pigeon" as a young girl)
  • The iconography in Beethoven research , in: Neue Zeitschrift für Musik , vol. 121 (1960), pp. 413–415
  • Joseph Lux . From Beethoven's time in Bonn , in: Neue Zeitschrift für Musik , vol. 121 (1960), p. 415
  • Beethoven in Hungary , in: Neue Zeitschrift für Musik , vol. 126 (1965), p. 108
  • Recipients of the dedications in alphabetical order , in: Neue Zeitschrift für Musik , vol. 126 (1965), pp. 109–111

literature

  • Anonymous, where was Ludwig van Beethoven really born? Bonn's Beethoven researcher Professor Ley was 88 years old. A remarkable new publication from his pen , in: Bonner Rundschau , December 1, 1955
  • m., Professor Ley in memory. Nestor der Beethovenforschung came from an old Bonn family , in: Bonner Rundschau , June 5, 1964

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personal data
SURNAME Ley, Stephan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author and Beethoven researcher
DATE OF BIRTH November 29, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH Bonn
DATE OF DEATH May 30, 1964
Place of death Bonn