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Carl Georg Vivigens von WinterfeldBernhard Stockmann
MGG 2016 (28 January 1784 – 19 February 1852) was a German lawyer and
Gesammelte Werke: Bd. Mein Leben (Bd. 5 und 6) Fortsetzung bis zu des Dichters Tode. Nachträge
(in German) F. Fontane 1893, p. 321
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. * ''Zur Geschichte heiliger Tonkunst''.''Zur Geschichte heiliger Tonkunst''
on WorldCat Leipzig 1850–52.
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Carl von Winterfeld
bei schlossarchiv.de
on Weber complete work. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Winterfeld, Carl Von 19th-century German musicologists Musicologists from Berlin 1784 births 1852 deaths Writers from Berlin
Carl Georg Vivigens von WinterfeldBernhard StockmannMGG 2016 (28 January 1784 – 19 February 1852) was a German lawyer and
musicologist
Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some mu ...
. He studied music from the 16th to 18th centuries, and was instrumental in reviving it, especially the music by Heinrich Schütz
Heinrich Schütz (; 6 November 1672) was a German early Baroque composer and organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach, as well as one of the most important composers of the 17th century. He ...
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Life
Winterfeld was born in Berlin. His parents were Karl Friedrich Gotthilf von Winterfeldt (17 May 1757 - 14 September 1824) and his wife Sophie Elisabeth Helene Wilhelmine von Köhler (28 March 1754 – 13 April 1821). Winterfeld studied law at theUniversity of Halle
Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg (german: Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg), also referred to as MLU, is a public, research-oriented university in the cities of Halle and Wittenberg and the largest and oldest university i ...
from 1803, and was appointed as a judge in Breslau in 1816. After his return to Berlin in 1832, he was appointed Obertribunalrat, and in 1839 became an honorary member of the Prussian Academy of Arts
The Prussian Academy of Arts (German: ''Preußische Akademie der Künste'') was a state arts academy first established in Berlin, Brandenburg, in 1694/1696 by prince-elector Frederick III, in personal union Duke Frederick I of Prussia, and late ...
. Winterfeld was a founding member of the Bach-Gesellschaft
The German Bach-Gesellschaft (Bach Society) was a society formed in 1850 for the express purpose of publishing the complete works of Johann Sebastian Bach without editorial additions. The collected works are known as the Bach-Gesellschaft-Ausga ...
and since 1835 a member of the Gesetzlose Gesellschaft zu Berlin The Gesetzlose Gesellschaft zu Berlin (literally, the 'Berlin Lawless Society' because it had no internal rules) is a social society founded in Berlin in 1809 in the aftermath of the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt to press for the reform of Prussian gover ...
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Winterfeld is credited with the rediscovery of Heinrich Schütz
Heinrich Schütz (; 6 November 1672) was a German early Baroque composer and organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach, as well as one of the most important composers of the 17th century. He ...
, publishing works by Schütz in his work about Gabrieli in 1834. In 1812, he undertook a journey to Italy, where he made copies of compositions from the 16th to 18th centuries. He found more music from the period in Breslau. His collection is kept in the Berlin State Library
The Berlin State Library (german: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin; officially abbreviated as ''SBB'', colloquially ''Stabi'') is a universal library in Berlin, Germany and a property of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation. It is one of the larg ...
. Winterfeld was a patron of August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben
August Heinrich Hoffmann (, calling himself von Fallersleben, after his hometown; 2 April 179819 January 1874) was a German poet. He is best known for writing "Das Lied der Deutschen", whose third stanza is now the national anthem of Germany, an ...
, who dedicated the song collection "Siebengestirn gevatterlicher Wiegen-Lieder für Frau Minna von Winterfeld" to him in gratitude, or to his wife Wilhelmine "Minna" von Winterfeld and their children.August Heinrich Hoffmann von FallerslebenGesammelte Werke: Bd. Mein Leben (Bd. 5 und 6) Fortsetzung bis zu des Dichters Tode. Nachträge
(in German) F. Fontane 1893, p. 321
Family
Winterfeld married Wilhelmine von Thümen (20 June 1789 – 1 November 1845). The couple had several children, including * Sigismund, Hoffmann von Fallersleben's godfather * (22 March 1829 – 23 July 1894), married to Pauline von Roeder (5 January 1845 – 15 August 1914)Publications
* ''Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina''. Breslau 1832. * ''Giovanni Gabrieli
Giovanni Gabrieli (c. 1554/1557 – 12 August 1612) was an Italian composer and organist. He was one of the most influential musicians of his time, and represents the culmination of the style of the Venetian School, at the time of the shift f ...
und sein Zeitalter''. Berlin 1834 (; ; ).
* ''Dr. Martin Luther's deutsche geistliche Lieder''. Leipzig 1840.
* ''Der evangelische Kirchengesang und sein Verhältniss zur Kunst des Tonsatzes'' Leipzig 1843–47.
** Part 1: ''Der Evangelische Kirchengesang im ersten Jahrhunderte der Kirchenverbesserung''. Breitkopf und Härtel Breitkopf may refer to:
* Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf, (1695-1777) founder of Breitkopf & Härtel
* Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf, (1719-1794) son of Bernhard Cristoph Breitkopf
* Michael Breitkopf, member of German band Die Toten Hosen
* Breit ...
, Leipzig 1843 ().
** Part 2: ''Der Evangelische Kirchengesang im siebzehnten Jahrhunderte''. Breitkopf und Härtel, Leipzig 1845 ().
** Part 3: ''Der Evangelische Kirchengesang im achtzehnten Jahrhunderte''. Breitkopf und Härtel, Leipzig 1847Numerized
. * ''Zur Geschichte heiliger Tonkunst''.
on WorldCat Leipzig 1850–52.
Further reading
* Bernhard Stockmann: ''Winterfeld, Carl Georg Vivigens von.'' In ''Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'' is an encyclopedic dictionary of music and musicians. Along with the German-language ''Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart'', it is one of the largest reference works on the history and theo ...
.'' 2nd edition, published by Stanley Sadie, Macmillan, London 2001, .
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* ''Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der adeligen Häuser.'' 1904, Fünfter Jahrgang, p. 920Numerized
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References
External links
* *Carl von Winterfeld
bei schlossarchiv.de
on Weber complete work. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Winterfeld, Carl Von 19th-century German musicologists Musicologists from Berlin 1784 births 1852 deaths Writers from Berlin