Carl von Winterfeld
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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.
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
Publications
- 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.
