Theodor Hagen (composer)

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Theodor Hagen (born April 15, 1823 in Hamburg , † December 21, 1871 in New York ), pseudonym Joachim Fels , was a German composer , music critic, tutor, poet and member of the Communist League .

Life

Theodor Hagen did a commercial apprenticeship in Hamburg from 1838 to 1840. He then began to study music, which he continued in Paris in 1841. He became acquainted with Heinrich Heine , Richard Wagner and Friedrich Hebbel and corresponded with Ludmilla Assing from 1842 to 1844 . Hagen wrote for the magazine Telegraph for Germany and the Hamburg seasons, edited by Georg Schirges . After his return to Hamburg, Hagen headed the Städtisches Theater Hamburg as "theater secretary". During the revolution of 1848/1849 he was active in the Hamburg workers' education association and in the democratic district committee of his hometown. He took part in the second Democrats' Congress in Berlin (October 26 to October 30, 1848) and in early May 1849 in Frankfurt. On December 14, 1848, Hagen was elected to the Hamburg Constituent Assembly. When Karl Marx visited Hamburg in the spring of 1849, he met Theodor Hagen. Communist League member Conrad Schramm was traveling with his passport in 1849 when he was arrested. At the beginning of November 1849, Theodor Hagen negotiated on behalf of Karl Marx with the Hamburg publisher Julius Schuberth about the publication of the Neue Rheinische Zeitung. Political-economic review . Hagen also managed to get a printer. Hagen was the proofreader of this magazine. In 1850 Hagen emigrated to London , where he earned his living as a music teacher and journalist. In 1854 he emigrated to the USA and settled in New York. Here he worked as a music teacher and music critic. He wrote about German composers and also composed some songs. As editor of The Musical review and musical world , he was widely recognized. Theodor Hagen succumbed to heart disease on December 27, 1871.

Works

  • Hamburg letters. To Maria. In: New magazine for music Founded in 1834 by Robert Schumann. Friese, Leipzig 1845. Volume 22, pp. 111-112 and pp. 119-120.
  • Hamburg letters . In: Neue Zeitschrift für Musik Friese, Leipzig 1845. Volume 22, pp. 130–132 and 142–143.
  • Hamburg letters . In: Neue Zeitschrift für Musik Friese, Leipzig 1845. Volume 22, pp. 171–172.
  • Hamburg letters . In: Neue Zeitschrift für Musik Friese, Leipzig 1845. Volume 22, pp. 214–216.
  • Civilization in relation to art with special consideration of music . In: Neue Zeitschrift für Musik Friese, Leipzig 1845. Vol. 23, pp. 153–156, 158–159, 165–167, 173–175, 185–186, 189–190, 193–195 and 205–206.
  • Civilization and Music. Wilhelm Jurany, Leipzig 1846 ( books.google.com Reprint: Antiquariat-Verlag Zimmermann, Straubenhardt 1988).
  • Elise Dangerous. A social novel. Verein-Verlagsbuchhandlung Otto Wigand, Leipzig 1847 and 2nd, unchanged edition. Costenoble and Remmelmann, Leipzig 1851 ( books.google.com ).
  • Musical novels . Wilhelm Jurany, Leipzig 1848 ( books.google.com ).
  • A few words about Beethoven's ninth symphony and Richard Wagner's Lohengrin. In: Süddeutsche Musik-Zeitung. B. Schott's Sons, Mainz 1852, 1 year No. 19 of August 9, 1852.
  • The story of a piano, told and published by the piano himself. In: Süddeutsche Musik-Zeitung. B. Schott's Sons, Mainz 1853, 2nd year No. 18 of May 2, 1853 and No. 19 of May 9, 1853 ( books.google.com ).
  • Presto. A contribution to the musical history of the century. In: Meyer's monthly books. Volume 5, No. 1, January 1855, pp. 50 ff. ( Books.google.com ).
  • The story of a piano, told by the piano himself. In: Meyer's monthly books. No. 3 March 1855 Volume 5, p. 182 ff. ( Books.google.com ).
  • The musical winter season in New York : Süddeutsche Musik-Zeitung. B. Schott's Sons, Mainz 1855, Volume 4, No. 23 of June 4, 1855.
  • From London society or the masterminds. A novel. 2 volumes. Adolph Büchting, Nordhausen 1856 ( books.google.com ).
  • HA Wollenhaupt, Th. Hagen: New Method for the Pianoforte and methodical guide for the Pianoforte teacher. New York 1861.
  • Robert Schumann. In: The Musical review and musical world. A journal of secular and scared music. Volume XII. Mason Brothers, New York 1861 October 12 and 26, 1861.
  • Carl Maria von Weber. In: The Musical review and musical world. A journal of secular and scared music. Volume XII. Mason Brothers, New York 1861, pp. 205-206, 217-218 and 229-230.
  • Franz Schubert. In: The Musical review and musical world. A journal of secular and scared music. Volume XII. Mason Brothers, New York 1861, July 8, 1861
  • Franz Liszt. Illustrations. Edited by Theodor Hagen. Schuberth; Polz, Leipzig 1870.

Letters

  • Seven letters to Ludmilla Assing.
  • a letter to an unknown person without a date.
  • three letters from Theodor Hagen to Karl Marx November 20, 1849; January 25, 1850 and June 28, 1850.
  • a letter from Friedrich Engels to Julius Schuberth, Theodor Hagen and Stephan Naut March 4, 1850.
  • two letters from Theodor Hagen to Friedrich Engels March 8 and March 13, 1850.

literature

  • Lexicon of the Hamburg writers to the present day. Volume 3. Perthes-Besser and Mauke, Hamburg 1857, pp. 69-70.
  • Felix Bamberg : Friedrich Hebbel's correspondence with friends and famous contemporaries. Volume 1, G. Grote, Berlin 1890, p. 204.
  • Carl Friedrich Glasenapp : The Life of Richard Wagner . 4th, revised edition. Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1905.
  • Otto Meyer: Music and factory work as the subject of a historical theory , in: Music and Society. Worksheets for social music care and music policy, Volume 1 (1930/31), Issue 5, pp. 144–45.
  • Eitel Wolf Dobert: German Democrats in America. The forty-eight and their writings . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1958, pp. 93–95.
  • Erich Valentin : A forgotten: Theodor Hagen. On the history of music in the 19th century. In: Festschrift Hans Engel for his seventieth birthday ed. by Horst Heussner. Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel 1964, pp. 428-432.
  • The League of Communists. Documents and materials. Volume 1: (1836-1849). Dietz Verlag, Berlin 1970.
  • Contemporaries of Marx and Engels. Selected letters from the years 1844 to 1852 . Edited and annotated by Kurt Koszyk and Karl Obermann . Van Gorcum & Comp, Assen / Amsterdam 1975 (= sources and studies on the history of the German and Austrian labor movement. New series. Ed. Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis, Amsterdam Volume VI.) Contains four letters by Theodor Hagen .
  • The League of Communists. Documents and materials. Volume 2 (1849-1851) . Dietz Verlag, Berlin 1982.
  • Angelika Voss-Louis: Hamburg's labor movement in the change of society. A chronicle. Volume 1: 1842 to 1890. Christians Verlag, Hamburg 1987 ( Hamburg contributions to social and contemporary history . Supplement 3) ISBN 3-7672-1008-8 .
  • Miriam Noa: Popularness and Nationbuilding: On the Influence of Music on the Unification Process of the German Nation in the 19th Century. Waxmann Verlag, Münster 2013, ISBN 978-3-8309-2730-3 , pp. 99–128 Two unequal brothers in spirit. Theodor Hagen and Wilhelm Heinrich Riehl .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Allgemeine Anzeiger and national newspaper of the Germans . 1844 ( books.google.de ).
  2. ↑ The League of Communists. Volume 2, p. 553 f.
  3. ↑ Angelika Voss-Louis, p. 33.
  4. ↑ Benedikt Waldeck : Stenographic report on the negotiations before the jury court in Berlin in the indictment against the Ober-Tribunals-Rath Dr. Waldeck and the merchant Ohm. "Received science from a highly treasonable company, but failed to report it to the authorities". In: German Reform . Decker, Berlin 1849 ( books.google.com ).
  5. ↑ Today we have the sad duty…. In: Signals for the musical world . Publishing and editing of signals for the musical world. GmbH, Berlin 1872, p. 107 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  6. ↑ Signature: Nachlass Karl Gutzkow A 2 I (University Library Johann Christian Senckenberg, Frankfurt am Main)
  7. ↑ Signature: Au 3708 (Theater Studies Collection. Institute for Theater, Film and Television Studies University of Cologne)
  8. ↑ International Institute for Social History (IISG), collection ARCH00860, call number D2208, D2209 and D2210
  9. ↑ IISG, ARCH00860, call number K1497
  10. ↑ IISG, ARCH00860, Signature L2130 and L2131
personal data
SURNAME Hagen, Theodor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fels, Joachim (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and member of the Association of Communists
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1823
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH December 21, 1871
Place of death new York