Music angle
As Musikwinkel today is called the core places Markneukirchen , Erlbach , Klingenthal and Schoeneck and between smaller communities located in the Saxon Vogtland . Until the Second World War, this region, together with Schönbach and Graslitz, formed the global center of musical instrument making on the Bohemian side . The term Musikwinkel for this area originally goes back to the Zwota native poet Max Schmerler , who described it in two publications in 1914 and 1923 as the Saxon Musikwinkel .
Until the beginning of the 20th century, Dessau , the seat of the Askanians , was known as the German music corner.
History of the music angle
The history of musical instrument making in Vogtland begins in the town of Markneukirchen . Bohemian exiles from the border town of Graslitz settled here, who had left their homeland in the course of the Counter-Reformation due to their Protestant beliefs. They brought the art of violin making to the city. In 1677 twelve masters in Markneukirchen formed a guild . The article letter confirmed by the Electoral Saxon Chancellery in Moritzburg near Dresden is considered the birth certificate of musical instrument making in Vogtland. Gradually, the bow making and the associated string production settled in the city. At the same time guitar and zither construction developed . Craftsmen who understood the art of making woodwind instruments and french horns also settled in the region around the turn of the 18th century. Almost the entire range of classical orchestral instruments could be manufactured and sold at an early stage . Later the art of instrument making also gained a foothold in the neighboring towns, which is why Adorf and Bad Brambach are now included in the Musikwinkel. From 1829 onwards , the production of harmonica instruments was added in Klingenthal . This concentration brought great wealth to the region. At the turn of the 20th century, the instruments from the villages in the Vogtland Musikwinkel had a world market share of around 50 percent in some industries such as harmonica and string instrument manufacture . Markneukirchen From 1893 to 1916 there was a Consulate Agency of the United States . At that time, no fewer than 15 millionaires lived in the city, which at that time was the richest in Germany in terms of population. However, it was less the musical instrument makers than the dealers, the so-called “forwarders” who became wealthy.
During the GDR era, a high proportion of musical instruments were manufactured industrially in large series. Most of these businesses no longer exist today. Not least because of this, the small and medium-sized master craftsmen gained importance again. Many of these companies, often run as family businesses, refer to the Musikwinkel as the valley of musical instruments , more recently also as the Musicon Valley .
The Vogtland musical instrument making in Markneukirchen and the surrounding area was officially included in December 2014 by the Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs in the nationwide directory of intangible cultural heritage in accordance with the UNESCO Convention on the Preservation of Intangible Cultural Heritage .
See also
- History of accordion building in Klingenthal
- History of violin making in Klingenthal
- Markneukirchen Musical Instrument Museum
literature
- Peter Päffgen: The cradle of instrument making. Report on a visit to the GDR. In: Guitar & Lute. Volume 9, Issue 5, 1987, pp. 29-36.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Vogtland musical instrument making in Markneukirchen and the surrounding area. German UNESCO Commission, 2014, accessed on June 23, 2017 .
Coordinates: 50 ° 21 ′ 0 ″ N , 12 ° 22 ′ 12 ″ E