Wilhelm Telschow

Wilhelm Telschow (* 1809 in Stettin ; † 1872 there ) was a German accountant , author and librettist .

Life

Not much is known about Wilhelm Telschow's life. He worked as an accountant at the Ritterschaftliche Privatbank in Pomerania and rose to the position of deputy director.

In addition to works on bookkeeping, he wrote oratorios and songs that were set to music by Carl Loewe .

Works

Accounting

• Complete handbook of commercial arithmetic: illustrated by practical examples; a guide for teachers and Students of the same etc. Weiss, Stettin 1844–1846.

Part 1: Of the four species and the calculus of proportions.

Part 2: The higher commercial invoice types.

Part 3: Complete calculation of the exercise examples.

Second increased and improved edition. White, Szczecin 1850.

• Commercial manual or the calculations of the businessman, explaining all related money and traffic conditions. Redesigned with consideration for the new Prussian general regional court. [u. with comparative weight tables] 4th edition. R. Graßmann, Stettin 1861.
• Theory and practice of commercial bookkeeping: a Comptoir manual for self-teaching for prospective merchants and business people, such as for use in commercial and industrial schools. 1862.

Oratorios

• Job: Oratorio in 3 parts; written according to the scriptures. Hessenland, Stettin 1849.
• The Atonement of the New Covenant : Passion Oratorio according to the words of the Scriptures. Hessenland, Stettin 1856.
• The Song of Solomon as an oratorio, with an explanatory appendix by W. Telschow. Grassmann, Stettin 1856.

Songs

• Up to those mountains. ( Psalm 121 )
• The King's Confidence. (after Psalm 3 , 1849, op. 118)
• Ask God for peace. (1854)

literature

• Max Runze (Ed.): Carl Loewes Works: Hohenzollern Ballads and Songs. Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1899, p. XVI ( online ).

Web links

• Sheet music and audio files by Wilhelm Telschow in the International Music Score Library Project