Wilhelm Irmer
Heinrich Wilhelm Irmer (born March 26, 1803 in Berlin ; † May 18, 1862 ibid) was a German teacher and folk song collector.
Life
Irmer received musical training in Berlin at the Royal Institute for Church Music under Carl Friedrich Zelter under August Wilhelm Bach , Bernhard Klein and Eduard Grell . Later he made a teacher training in Bunzlau . He worked as a music teacher at various Berlin schools and as a choir director. Together with Ludwig Erk , he published a multi-volume collection of German folk songs.
Works
- (with Adolf Zeisiger :) Two-part chants for children. Bethge, Berlin 1832.
- (with Ludwig Erk :) The German folk songs with their ways of singing. Berlin 1838–45.
- Sounds of faith and love. A collection of sacred songs with melodies for home and school edification. Berlin 1843.
- Small singing school for schools. Bethge, Berlin 1844.
- (with A. Moritz :) Songbook: A collection of German songs with their ways of singing. Bethge, Berlin 1850.
literature
- Eduard Bernsdorf: New universal encyclopedia of music art for artists, art lovers and all educated people. Addendum. André, Offenbach 1865, p. 215 f. ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- Carl von Ledebur: Tonkünstler-Lexicon Berlin's from the oldest times to the present . Rauh, Berlin 1861, p. 269 f ., urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb10931847-2 ( full text in the Google book search).
- Hermann Mendel: Musical Conversations Lexicon. Second edition. Volume 5. Oppenheim, Berlin 1880, p. 485 ( digitized version ).
- Eduard Maria Oettinger, Hugo Schramm: Moniteur des Dates, contenant un million de renseignements biographiques, généalogiques et historiques. Supplement 1, [A-L]. Volume 7. Bernhard Hermann, Leipzig 1873, p. 115 ( digitized in the Google book search).
- Sylvia Schütze: Friedrich Adolph Wilhelm Diesterweg: Complete works. Volume 24: Letters, official correspondence and life documents from the years 1832 to 1847. de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-05-009355-0 , p. 812 (accessed via de Gruyter online; limited preview in the Google book search ).
- Henri Viotta: Lexicon of Toon Art. Volume 2. Van Kampen, Amsterdam 1883, p. 183 ( online ; PDF; 39.43 MB).
Web links
- Irmer, Wilhelm (Heinrich) , German Biographical Encyclopedia Online (accessed via de Gruyter online)
- Digitized works by Wilhelm Irmer in the Munich digitization center
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dreifaltigkeitskirche Berlin, Death Register, No. 174/1862
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Irmer, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Irmer, Heinrich Wilhelm (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German teacher and folk song collector |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1803 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 18, 1862 |
| Place of death | Berlin |