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Carl von Winterfeld

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Carl von Winterfeld

Carl Georg Vivigens von Winterfeld[1] (28 January 1784 – 19 February 1852)[1] was a German lawyer and musicologist. He studied music from the 16th to 18th centuries, and was instrumental in reviving it, especially the music by Heinrich Schütz.

Life

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Winterfeld was born in Berlin.[1] 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).[2]

Winterfeld studied law at the University of Halle from 1803,[1] and was appointed as a judge in Breslau in 1816.[2] After his return to Berlin in 1832, he was appointed Obertribunalrat, and in 1839 became an honorary member of the Prussian Academy of Arts.[1] Winterfeld was a founding member of the Bach-Gesellschaft[1] and since 1835 a member of the Gesetzlose Gesellschaft zu Berlin.

Winterfeld is credited with the rediscovery of Heinrich Schütz, publishing works by Schütz in his work about Gabrieli in 1834.[3][4] In 1812, he undertook a journey to Italy, where he made copies of compositions from the 16th to 18th centuries.[2] He found more music from the period in Breslau.[2] His collection is kept in the Berlin State Library. Winterfeld was a patron of August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, 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.[5]

Family

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Winterfeld married Wilhelmine von Thümen (20 June 1789 – 1 November 1845). The couple had several children, including[5]

  • Sigismund, Hoffmann von Fallersleben's godfather
  • Rudolf [de] (22 March 1829 – 23 July 1894), married to Pauline von Roeder (5 January 1845 – 15 August 1914)

Publications

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  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. Breslau 1832.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli und sein Zeitalter. Berlin 1834 (Part 1 is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive; Part 2 is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive; Teil 3 (Notenanhang) is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive).
  • Dr. Martin Luther's deutsche geistliche Lieder.[6] Leipzig 1840.
  • Der evangelische Kirchengesang und sein Verhältniss zur Kunst des Tonsatzes[2][7] Leipzig 1843–47.
    • Part 1: Der Evangelische Kirchengesang im ersten Jahrhunderte der Kirchenverbesserung. Breitkopf und Härtel, Leipzig 1843 (Numerized at Google Books).
    • Part 2: Der Evangelische Kirchengesang im siebzehnten Jahrhunderte. Breitkopf und Härtel, Leipzig 1845 (Numerized at Google Books).
    • Part 3: Der Evangelische Kirchengesang im achtzehnten Jahrhunderte. Breitkopf und Härtel, Leipzig 1847 (Numerized).
  • Zur Geschichte heiliger Tonkunst.[8] Leipzig 1850–52.

Further reading

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  • Bernhard Stockmann: Winterfeld, Carl Georg Vivigens von. In Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. 2nd edition, published by Stanley Sadie, Macmillan, London 2001, ISBN 0-333-60800-3.
  • Ruth Engelhardt. "Carl von Winterfeld". Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). cols. 1408–1412.
  • Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der adeligen Häuser. 1904, Fünfter Jahrgang, p. 920 (Numerized).

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Bernhard Stockmann: [1] MGG 2016
  2. ^ a b c d e Robert Eitner (1898), "Winterfeld, Karl von", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 43, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 490–492
  3. ^ Uwe Wolf: Heinrich Schütz: "Saul, wilt thou injure me?" SWV 145 Carus-Verlag December 2015
  4. ^ Carl von Winterfeld: Johannes Gabrieli und sein Zeitalter. 2. Theil. Berlin 1834, pp. 8–212 (Numerized at Google Books)
  5. ^ a b August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben: Gesammelte Werke: Bd. Mein Leben (Bd. 5 und 6) Fortsetzung bis zu des Dichters Tode. Nachträge (in German) F. Fontane 1893, p. 321
  6. ^ Dr. Martin Luthers deutsche Geistliche Lieder : nebst den während seines Lebens dazu gebräuchlichen Singweisen ... on WorldCat
  7. ^ ''Der evangelische Kirchengesang und sein Verhältniss zur Kunst des Tonsatzes. on GoogleBook
  8. ^ Zur Geschichte heiliger Tonkunst on WorldCat
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