Wilhelm Biese

Wilhelm Biese (born April 20, 1822 in Rathenow ; † November 14, 1902 in Berlin ) was a German piano maker and manufacturer of internationally exported pianinos .

Life

Type plate "W. Biese, Hof - Pianoforte - manufacturer , Berlin ”;
seen in the children's hospital on the Bult

Born at the time of the Kingdom of Prussia and the beginning of industrialization , had William Tuck in 1851 "as a valued piano maker" in Berlin, who, with his established in the Prussian capital in 1853 factory specializing in the production of upright pianos and soon acquired an international reputation. Biese also built wings and was appointed purveyor to the court . The W. Biese grand piano and pianino factory was located at Weigandufer 18 in Neukölln , the sales rooms at Wilhelmstrasse 56 . 52.48315 13.44706552.514262 13.382225

Use the product brand today

Pianos, which are now offered as new instruments under the name W. Biese , come from Chinese production.

literature

Willibald Gurlitt (Ed.): Biese, Wilhelm. In: Riemann Musiklexikon . Volume: Person Part A - K. 12th, completely revised edition in three volumes. B. Schotts Sons, Mainz 1959, p. 165.

Web links

Commons : Wilhelm Biese (Berlin) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

www.biese.de

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Willibald Gurlitt (Ed.): Biese ... (see literature )
↑ ^a ^b Sabine Henze-Döhring (Ed.): Giacomo Meyerbeer . Correspondence and diaries. Volume 8: 1860-1864. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-11-019231-4 , p. 713. ( online at: Google books . )
^ Meyer's Large Conversational Lexicon . Volume 2, Leipzig 1905, p. 852. ( online at: zeno.org )
↑ Note: Riemanns names the year 1853 , Meyers the year 1851 .
↑ Compare the documentation at Commons (see under the section Weblinks )
↑ Pianoforte . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1921, Part IV, p. 395 (business advertisements).
↑ Who builds what? Piano Dilger helps you find your piano. In: www.piano-dilger.de. Retrieved February 16, 2016 .

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personal data
SURNAME	Biese, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German piano maker and manufacturer of internationally exported pianinos
DATE OF BIRTH	April 20, 1822
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rathenow
DATE OF DEATH	November 14, 1902
Place of death	Berlin

[Riemann-1] Willibald Gurlitt (Ed.): Biese ... (see literature )

[Meyerbeer-2] Sabine Henze-Döhring (Ed.): Giacomo Meyerbeer . Correspondence and diaries. Volume 8: 1860-1864. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-11-019231-4 , p. 713. ( online at: Google books . )

[3] Meyer's Large Conversational Lexicon . Volume 2, Leipzig 1905, p. 852. ( online at: zeno.org )

[4] Note: Riemanns names the year 1853 , Meyers the year 1851 .

[Commons-5] Compare the documentation at Commons (see under the section Weblinks )

[6] Pianoforte . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1921, Part IV, p. 395 (business advertisements).

[7] Who builds what? Piano Dilger helps you find your piano. In: www.piano-dilger.de. Retrieved February 16, 2016 .