Wilhelm Speidel (musician)

Wilhelm Speidel (born September 3, 1826 in Ulm , † October 13, 1899 in Stuttgart ) was a German pianist , composer and co-founder of the Stuttgart music school .

Life

Wilhelm Speidel, whose talent as a pianist showed at an early age, received his first musical from his father, the singer and composer Konrad Speidel (born September 16, 1804 in Söflingen near Ulm ; † January 26, 1880 in Ulm; married to Anna Steiner) Classes. After attending grammar school in Ulm, he began studying composition in Munich in 1842 with Ignaz Lachner and training as a pianist with Christian Wanner. 1846/47 worked as a private music teacher in Alsace , he then returned to Munich to work as a music teacher and pianist there. After touring all of Germany, he became widely known as an interpreter of Ludwig van Beethoven .

In 1854 he took his first permanent job in Ulm as the conductor of the Liedertafel founded in 1824 , which took part in concerts in the Ulm Theater in particular . In addition, he founded the Society for Classical Church Music in Ulm , the forerunner of the later Ulm Oratorio Choir .

In 1857 Speidel moved to Stuttgart and founded the Stuttgart Music School, today's University of Music and Performing Arts in Stuttgart, together with Sigmund Lebert , Immanuel Faißt , Ludwig Stark and other musicians. His better-known students include a. Reginald de Koven (1859–1920) and August Bopp (1873–1926). From 1858 to 1885 Speidel was also the conductor of the Stuttgarter Liederkranz .

His brother Ludwig Speidel (1830–1906) was a leading music , theater and literary critic in Vienna .

literature

Rudolf Krauss: Speidel, Wilhelm . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 54, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1908, p. 409.
JS Smeed (Ed.): Famous Poets, Neglected Composers . AR Editions, 1992, ISBN 0-89579-266-4 , pp. xvi .
Giacomo Meyerbeer et al: Correspondence and Diaries . tape 7 1856-1859 . Walter de Gruyter, 2004, ISBN 3-11-018030-8 , p. 748 .
Frank Raberg : Biographical Lexicon for Ulm and Neu-Ulm 1802-2009 . Süddeutsche Verlagsgesellschaft im Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2010, ISBN 978-3-7995-8040-3 , p. 415 .

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Remarks

↑ Cf. Eberhard Stiefel: Ulm . In: Friedrich Blume (Ed.): MGG . tape 13 . Bärenreiter Verlag, 1955, Sp. 1042-1046 .
↑ See Karl H. Wörner: De Koven, Henry Louis Reginald . In: Friedrich Blume (Ed.): MGG . tape 3 . Bärenreiter Verlag, 1955, Sp. 114-115 .
↑ Cf. Eberhard Stiefel: Bopp, August . In: Friedrich Blume (Ed.): MGG . tape 15 . Bärenreiter Verlag, 1955, Sp. 945-946 .
↑ Stuttgarter Liederkranz 1824-1974 . Stuttgart 1974, p. 47.

personal data
SURNAME	Speidel, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German pianist, composer and university lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH	September 3, 1826
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ulm
DATE OF DEATH	October 13, 1899
Place of death	Stuttgart

[1] Cf. Eberhard Stiefel: Ulm . In: Friedrich Blume (Ed.): MGG . tape 13 . Bärenreiter Verlag, 1955, Sp. 1042-1046 .

[2] See Karl H. Wörner: De Koven, Henry Louis Reginald . In: Friedrich Blume (Ed.): MGG . tape 3 . Bärenreiter Verlag, 1955, Sp. 114-115 .

[3] Cf. Eberhard Stiefel: Bopp, August . In: Friedrich Blume (Ed.): MGG . tape 15 . Bärenreiter Verlag, 1955, Sp. 945-946 .

[4] Stuttgarter Liederkranz 1824-1974 . Stuttgart 1974, p. 47.