Ludwig Bischoff (27 November 1794 – 24 February 1867) was a German educator, musician, critic and publisher.
Life
He was born in Dessau as the son of a cellist from a family of musicians with a long tradition. Thus, he received his first musical education from his father.
From 1812, Bischoff studied
philology
Philology () is the study of language in oral and writing, written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defin ...
in Berlin. But already in 1813 he joined the Prussian Cavalry Regiment and took part in the
Battle of Leipzig
The Battle of Leipzig (french: Bataille de Leipsick; german: Völkerschlacht bei Leipzig, ); sv, Slaget vid Leipzig), also known as the Battle of the Nations (french: Bataille des Nations; russian: Битва народов, translit=Bitva ...
. In 1814, he resumed his studies in Berlin and finished them in 1817.
In spring 1818, he moved to Switzerland, where he found employment as a pedagogue. After his return, he became a teacher at a grammar school in Berlin in 1821 and in 1823 director of the grammar school in
Wesel
Wesel () is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the capital of the Wesel district.
Geography
Wesel is situated at the confluence of the Lippe River and the Rhine.
Division of the city
Suburbs of Wesel include Lackhausen, Obrighove ...
, where
Konrad Duden took his
Abitur
''Abitur'' (), often shortened colloquially to ''Abi'', is a qualification granted at the end of secondary education in Germany. It is conferred on students who pass their final exams at the end of ISCED 3, usually after twelve or thirteen year ...
with him.
Bischoff actively participated in the musical life in Wesel and founded a singing and orchestra association.
Because of his liberal attitude and his behaviour during the 1848 revolution he had to say goodbye and moved to Bonn in 1849. There, he founded the ''Rheinische Musikzeitung'' (1850-59, later ''Niederrheinische Musikzeitung''), which was published in Cologne and whose declared aim was to defend the traditions of classical art against the unreasonable demands of contemporaries. In 1850 he founded the music society "Beethoven Verein" together with others. Only a short time later, this association, consisting of professional musicians and dilettantes, gave subscription concerts.
''Briefe und Texte''
on Berliner-intellektuelle
Bischoff spent the last years in Cologne, where he died of a stroke in 1867 at the age of 72.
Bischoff was one of the main fighters against the "neudeutsche" Wagner
Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most op ...
direction and was wrongly accused by him (in his writing ''Judaism in Music
"Das Judenthum in der Musik" (German for "Jewishness in Music", but normally translated ''Judaism in Music''; spelled after its first publications, according to modern German spelling practice, as ‘Judentum’) is an essay by Richard Wagner whi ...
'') of having coined the term "Zukunftsmusik "Music of the Future" ("german: Zukunftsmusik") is the title of an essay by Richard Wagner, first published in French translation in 1860 as "La musique de l'avenir" and published in the original German in 1861. It was intended to introduce the libr ...
".
Further reading
* Robert Lee Curtis: ''Ludwig Bischoff – a mid-nineteenth-century music critic.'' In ''Beiträge zur rheinischen Musikgeschichte'', issue 123, Cologne 1979
*
* : ''Bonner Personenlexikon.'' 2nd improved and extended edition. Bouvier, Bonn 2008, .
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External links
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19th-century publishers (people)
German publishers (people)
1794 births
1867 deaths
People from Dessau-Roßlau