Tranquillo Mollo
Tranquillo Maria Laurentio Mollo (born August 10, 1767 in Bellinzona , Canton Ticino , Switzerland ; † March 29, 1837 ibid) was a Swiss-born Italian graphic artist and printer, art and music dealer and important art publisher in Vienna .
Life
From 1792, Mollo initially worked as an assistant in the music publisher " Artaria & Co. " in Vienna, but in 1793 he became a partner with his compatriot Giovanni Cappi Artarias. The main shareholders at that time were Carlo Artaria and Francesco Artaria . On July 14, 1798 Mollo separated from Artaria and founded along with Franz Bernardini in the house " on court no. 346" his own music publishing company "T. Mollo & Co. ”, to which an art and map shop was also attached. His shareholding in Artaria was paid for in publishing articles. But the collaboration with Bernardini only lasted a year.
In 1801, Mollo took Domenico Artaria , the son of Francesco Artaria , into his company as a new partner . In 1802 Carlo Artaria sold his company to Mollo. In 1804, Mollo separated from his partner Domenico Artaria and now only called his publisher “T. Mollo ”.
Mollo developed into one of the most important art publishers and took over the management of the Austrian map and globe production. He worked with several French and English cartographers. The series prints of the landscape views and traditional costumes in particular by the draftsman and copperplate engraver Wilhelm Friedrich Schlotterbeck brought the company high profits. From around 1800 onwards, the aquatint technique, invented in England, spread through his prints in German-speaking countries. As a music publisher, he published a. a. also some works by Ludwig van Beethoven .
From 1832 to 1839 the company was continued by the sons Eduard (1799–1842) and Florian Mollo (1803–1869) as "Tranquillo Mollo's sons of art and music dealers". After the father's death, however, the sons separated and ran their own companies.
Mollo married Dorothea Defelavis († July 29, 1822).
Works (selection)
- Vienna's finest buildings and monuments . With an introduction by Robert Wagner. Academic Printing and Publishing Company , Graz 1986
- Illustration of the new adjustment of the Imperial and Royal Army , Vienna 1796/98 (together with Joseph Georg Mansfeld )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter Clive, Beethoven and His World: A Biographical Dictionary , New York 2001, p. 236 ( digitized version )
literature
- Theophil Antonicek : Mollo, Tranquillo. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 6, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1975, ISBN 3-7001-0128-7 , p. 355.
- Rosemary Hilmar: The music publisher Artaria & Comp., History and problems of print production , page 31f., Verlag Schneider, 1977, ISBN 3-7952-0211-6 and ISBN 978-3-7952-0211-8
- Alexander Weinmann : Publishers' directory Tranquillo Mollo (with and without Co.) , Universal Edition, Vienna 1964; the same: additions to the publisher's directory Tranquillo Mollo , Universal-Edition, Vienna 1972
Web links
- Literature by and about Tranquillo Mollo in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature list in the online catalog of the Berlin State Library
- Tranquillo Mollo (Italian) on ricercamusica.ch/dizionario/ (accessed on: December 21, 2017.)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mollo, Tranquillo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mollo, Tranquillo Maria Laurentio (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian art dealer and art publisher in Vienna |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 10, 1767 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bellinzona , Canton Ticino , Switzerland |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 29, 1837 |
| Place of death | Bellinzona , Canton Ticino , Switzerland |