Wilhelm Speyer (composer)

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The composer Wilhelm Speyer. After an oil painting by Heinrich von Rustige , around 1840

Wilhelm Speyer (also Wilhelm Speier ; born June 21, 1790 in Frankfurt am Main ; † April 5, 1878 ibid) was a German composer who was also known under the name "Lieder-Speyer".

Life

Wilhelm Speyer was born on June 21, 1790 in Frankfurt am Main as the son of a wealthy businessman from the Speyer family. He came to Offenbach am Main at the age of four and grew up there. His musical sense was awakened early on by performances in the house of the art-loving manufacturer Peter Bernard , who kept his own 20-person house band for concerts in his mansion at the time, the Büsing-Palais . He received his first violin lessons from its director, Ferdinand Fränzl . Later he was tutored by Paul Emil Thieriot . Johann Anton André was his teacher for composition . He undertook music theory studies with Georg Jacob Vollweiler .

After visiting the University of Heidelberg for two years and traveling for a long time, he initially worked as a businessman on his return before devoting himself to his musical work. Among his compositions, his numerous songs, including Der Trompeter , Rheinsehnsucht and Die Drei Liebchen, met the prevailing taste of the time and achieved great popularity. His works for instrumental music include three quartets and a quintet for string instruments, duos for violin and piano. He also wrote the first setting of the Christmas carol Kling, Glöckchen, klingelingeling , which is no longer in use today . Speyer also gave music lessons, including in the house of the cantor of the Jewish community in Offenbach, Isaac Ben-Juda Eberst. After moving to Cologne, he took the name Offenbach , and his son Jakob became world-famous as Jacques Offenbach .

He was a member of the Offenbach Masonic Lodge Carl and Charlotte zur Loyalty . The lodge performed its temple work for 15 years in his villa on the property at Kaiserstraße 91. In 1828 Speyer moved from Offenbach to Frankfurt. There he was one of the founding members of the Mozart Foundation .

With the success of his songs, his musical ambition and his prosperity, Speyer understood how to enter into friendly relationships with many important musicians of his time and to play an important role as a composer and music patron. The hearts of Offenbach's music lovers belonged to him at least since he had succeeded in luring the violinist Niccolò Paganini to Offenbach for a concert conducted by Speyer.

Speyer was married to Charlotte ( Lotte ) Auguste Wilhelmine, a daughter of Wolfgang von Goldner . Speyer died on April 5, 1878.

Appreciations

Street sign of Speyerstrasse in Offenbach am Main

In Offenbach am Main, Speyerstraße is named after Wilhelm Speyer.

literature

Web links

Commons : Wilhelm Speyer  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ralf-Olivier Schwarz: "Wilhelm Speyer's trip to Italy 1818. A contribution to the prehistory of the Frankfurt Mozart Foundation ", in: Johannes Volker Schmidt / Ralf-Olivier Schwarz (eds.): Fluchtpunkt Italien. Festschrift for Peter Ackermann. Hildesheim, Zurich, New York 2015 ( ISBN 978-3-487-15252-3 ), pp. 189–203, here: p. 191 ( limited preview in Google book search).
  2. ^ Christoph Hust:  Speyer, Wilhelm. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 15 (Schoof - Stranz). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2006, ISBN 3-7618-1135-7 , Sp. 1178–1179 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
  3. ↑ a b Lothar R. Braun: 1812: Offenbach Freemasons Lodge Carl and Charlotte. From: offenbach.de, accessed on April 19, 2016.
  4. ↑ Ralf-Olivier Schwarz: "Wilhelm Speyer's trip to Italy 1818. A contribution to the prehistory of the Frankfurt Mozart Foundation ", in: Johannes Volker Schmidt / Ralf-Olivier Schwarz (eds.): Fluchtpunkt Italien. Festschrift for Peter Ackermann. Hildesheim, Zurich, New York 2015 ( ISBN 978-3-487-15252-3 ), pp. 189–203, here: p. 200 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  5. ↑ Ralf-Olivier Schwarz: "Wilhelm Speyer's trip to Italy 1818. A contribution to the prehistory of the Frankfurt Mozart Foundation ", in: Johannes Volker Schmidt / Ralf-Olivier Schwarz (eds.): Fluchtpunkt Italien. Festschrift for Peter Ackermann. Hildesheim, Zurich, New York 2015 ( ISBN 978-3-487-15252-3 ), pp. 189–203, here: p. 194 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
personal data
SURNAME Speyer, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Speier, Wilhelm; Lieder-Speyer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1790
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH April 5, 1878
Place of death Frankfurt am Main