Wilhelm Peter Heinrich Virneisel

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Wilhelm Peter Heinrich Virneisel (born May 12, 1902 in Koblenz , † November 9, 1995 in Siegsdorf ) was a German musicologist, librarian and conductor.

life and work

Virneisel was born in 1902 as the son of the doctor August Virneisel (1866–1944) and his wife Gertrude, b. Vormann (1875–1954), born in Koblenz. After passing the final exam at the Kaiserin-Augusta-Gymnasium in Koblenz, today's Görres-Gymnasium , at Easter 1920 Virneisel began studying medicine in Würzburg. On October 30, 1920 he enrolled at the University of Greifswald, which he left again at Easter 1921. He then moved to the University of Bonn, initially enrolling in the field of medicine and studying musicology, German literature and history from July 1921 to 1924. During this time, Virneisel also attended courses at the Cologne Conservatory . He received his doctorate with the dissertation Christian Benjamin Klein and his collection of musical manuscripts (Bonn 1924). Virneisel initially worked from 1923 to 1924 as Kapellmeister at the Koblenz City Theater . Virneisel passed the examination for the higher service at academic libraries in Leipzig in 1931. From 1932 to 1950 he headed the Dresden City Music Library . Virneisel became senior librarian in 1950 and from 1951 to 1956 acting head of the music department of the German State Library in Berlin . In 1956 Virneisel emigrated to the Federal Republic of Germany . He initially took a job at the Johann Sebastian Bach Institute in Göttingen. From January 1957 Virneisel was head of department at the University Library of Tübingen. Until 1967 he took over the scientific supervision of the Tübingen depot of the music inventory of the former Prussian State Library. He retired in 1967 at the University Library of Tübingen. Virneisel spent his retirement in Siegsdorf (Upper Bavaria).

Literature from WPH Virneisel

Virneisel published u. a .: Verdi as a librettist (MK XX, 1927/28), Richard Strauss' Intermezzo (ZFM, XCVI, 1929), Bruckner's Second Symphony (Dresdner Brucknerblätter VIII, 1939), On the history of the Dresden Bach maintenance (in: JS Bach 1750 - 1950, edited by G. Hauswald, Dresden 1950), From Beethoven's sketchbook. The sketches for op.29 (ZfM CXIII, 1952), O. Nicolai as a music collector (in: Fs. M. Schneider, Leipzig 1955), The music department of the German State Library (in. Fontesartis musicae 1955), Beethoven's sketches and drafts ( in: Fs. L. Schiedermair, = Studies on the History of Music of the Rhineland XX, Cologne 1956), Kleine Beethoveneniana (in: Fs. J. Schmidt-Görg, Bonn 1957), Fifty Years of the German Music Collection (Musikhandel VII 1956), from Beethoven's sketchbooks (in: Colloquium amicorum, Fs. J. Schmidt-Görg, Bonn 1967), the facsimile of the autographs of Bach's Cantate burlesque (peasant cantata) BWV 212 (Munich 1965) and Das Kyrie from Beethoven's Missa solemnis op.123 (Tutzing 1965). Virneisel also published: From CM von Weber's Circle of Friends: Unpublished Letters CM v. Webers to Friedericke Koch (CM v. Weber memorial, edited by G. Hauswald, Dresden 1951), WA Mozart, Deutsche Tänze KV509 (facsimile with afterword, Leipzig 1955), J. Haydn, Schöpfungsmesse (facsimile, Cologne and Munich 1957). Virneisel also edited the bibliography of Beethoven's literature in the Beethoven years 1955/56 and 1956/57, which he continued over several years. Virneisel worked at MGG and NDB and also at the 12th edition of the Riemann Music Lexicon, which was presented here.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wilibald Gurlitt: Wilhelm Peter Heinrich Virneisel. In: Riemann Musiklexikon.
  2. ^ Carl Dahlhaus: Wilhelm Peter Heinrich Virneisel. In: Riemann Musiklexikon.
personal data
SURNAME Virneisel, Wilhelm Peter Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musicologist, librarian and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Koblenz
DATE OF DEATH November 9, 1995
Place of death Siegsdorf