Wilhelm Heinrich Carl Mosche

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Carl Mosche

Wilhelm Heinrich Carl Mosche , also Karl Mosche (born July 28, 1796 in Frankfurt am Main , † January 27, 1856 in Lübeck ) was a German educator and composer.

Life

Along with four daughters, Carl Mosche was the only son of Christian Julius Wilhelm Mosche , who was the third teacher at the Frankfurt grammar school at the time of his birth. In 1806 the father was appointed director of the Katharineum and the family moved to Lübeck.

He attended the Katharineum until graduation at Easter 1814 and studied Protestant theology at the universities of Leipzig, Göttingen and Berlin. At the beginning of 1819 he was offered the position of a collaborator at the Katharineum, which had become vacant after Ferdinand Heinrich Grautoff was promoted to third professor . Mosche accepted and taught from Easter 1819, initially not without difficulties. But over time , with his trust in himself, he also gained the trust and love of those who were to be trained in him. On March 24, 1838 he was appointed professor.

Mosche's passion was the arts and especially music. In 1835 he introduced singing classes, led the school choir for many years, and composed a considerable number of musical pieces, including songs and motets, as well as psalms and oratorios, of which only one was performed, The Building of Jerusalem .

Mosche was friends with the reformed pastor Johannes Geibel and music teacher of his son, who later became famous as a poet Emanuel Geibel . Mosche published settings of six poems by Geibel as early as 1836 and was the first of many composers to set Geibel's poems to music.

Mosche's setting of the Lübeck National Song , however, could not prevail. Theodor Storm was also one of his students in singing lessons .

He got involved in the Society for the Promotion of Charitable Activities , wrote articles for the Lübeckische Blätter and was on the board of the Lübeck Bible Society and the Lübeck Mission Society.

He had been married since 1825 and left behind his wife, a daughter Emilie, and a son Julius. A second daughter, Josephine, died shortly before him.

On January 31, 1856, he was buried in the crypt of the Katharineum on the Burgtorfriedhof under the guidance of the entire college and all classes .

Works

Fonts

  • Investigation of the word church with regard to language and history. Lübeck: Rathsbuchdruckerei 1845 ( digitized version ) (congratulatory letter in the name of the professors of the Katharineum for Georg Christian Green on the election to the Senate)
  • The music of ancient Greece as a model for the music of our time: a contribution to the appreciation of our musical standpoint. Lübeck: Borchers 1848
  • The formation of music in the Christian church. Lübeck 1849
  • The hymn of the Reformation period in the 16th century: a wake-up voice for the present; Memorandum to all friends and promoters of German folk song. Lübeck: Rohden 1849 ( digitized version )
  • (posthumously, edited by Friedrich Breier ): Four school speeches from Mosche's estate. (1. The student's home. 2. From false self-confidence. 3. From self-deception. 4. Live for the school.) Lübeck: Ratsdruckerei 1859

Compositions

  • The hundred and thirty psalm set to music for soprano, alto, tenor and bass with accompaniment of the pianoforte; op. 1. Leipzig: Friezes
  • The Redeemer: Motet for soprano, alto, tenor and bass with accompaniment of the pianoforte or the organ ad lib .; op. 2. Leipzig: Schubert
  • 6 German songs by Emanuel Geibel. Op. 3, Leipzig: Schubert 1836
  • The salvation of the cross: a Good Friday oratorio. (1852) Digitized version of the autograph, signature Mus A 201 , City Library (Lübeck)
  • Oratory The Building of Jerusalem.
  • Ceremonial anthem for the 400th anniversary of Guttenberg and the invention of the art of printing, 1840. Autograph (incomplete). This hymn is the text of another hymn with the title Hymne in memory of the German fight for freedom for choir and orchestra. Digitized version of the city ​​library (Lübeck)
  • Psalm 23 "The Lord is my Shepherd" for three-part women's or boys' choir. Probably autograph, Lübeck City Library , Mus R 425 ( digitized version )

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hermann Genzken: The Abitur graduates of the Katharineum zu Lübeck (grammar school and secondary school) from Easter 1807 to 1907. Borchers, Lübeck 1907. (Supplement to the school program 1907) Digitized version , No. 46
  2. ↑ Deecke (lit.)
  3. ^ Wilhelm Stahl : Emanuel Geibel and the music. Berlin: Curtius 1919, p. 22
personal data
SURNAME Mosche, Wilhelm Heinrich Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mosche, Karl; Moshe, c.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German educator and composer
DATE OF BIRTH July 28, 1796
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH January 27, 1856
Place of death Lübeck