Amadeus Wendt
Johann Amadeus Wendt (29 September 1783, in Leipzig – 15 December 1836, in Göttingen) was a German philosopher and music theory, music theorist. Life Wendt came from a modest background. He attended the Thomasschule, Thomas School in Leipzig as an outside student. As a boy, he demonstrated a pronounced interest in music, and therefore received theoretical and practical music lessons from the conductor of the Gewandhaus Orchestra and later Thomaskantor, Cantor at Saint Thomas, Johann Gottfried Schicht. Although he was encouraged to study theology by his family, he instead pursued philosophy and philology at the University of Leipzig and also attended lectures by the psychologist Friedrich August Carus. At the end of his studies, he received his doctorate in 1804. He then went to the countryside as a tutor and a year later returned to Leipzig with his noble pupil and studied law together with him. In preparation for his philosophical academic career he completed his Habilitati ...
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