Adolf Bernhard Marx
Friedrich Heinrich Adolf Bernhard Marx [A. B. Marx] (15 May 1795,
musicologist
.
Life
Marx was the son of a
Jewish doctor in Halle who, though a member of the congregation, was according to his son a convinced atheist. Marx was given the names Samuel Moses at birth, but changed these at his baptism in 1819.[1]
He began his career studying law at Halle, but also learned musical composition there—a fellow student was the composer
Beethoven, although they often offended the Berlin establishment, including Carl Friedrich Zelter.[2]
Marx became an intimate of the family of
In 1830, with Mendelssohn's recommendation, Marx was appointed to the new post of professor of music at
Beethoven
's piano sonatas. Toward the end of his life Marx completed a biography of the composer. He wrote extensively about the music of his time and also published a two-volume autobiography.
Bibliography
Works by Marx
- Über Malerei in der Tonkunst: ein Maigruss an die Kunstphilosophien. Berlin, 1826.
- Die Lehre von der musikalischen Komposition, praktisch-theoretisch. Leipzig, 1837/38/45/47.
- Die Musik des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts und ihre Pflege: Methode der Musik. Leipzig, 1855.
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Leben und Schaffen. Berlin: Janke, 1859.
- Erinnerungen aus meinem Leben. Berlin, 1865.
- Musical Form in the Age of Beethoven: Selected Writings on Theory and Method. Edited and Translated by Scott Burnham. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Others
- Burnham, Scott. "Aesthetics, Theory, and History in the Works of Adolf Bernhard Marx." Ph.D. dissertation, Brandeis University, 1988.
- Conway, David, Jewry in Music, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2012). ISBN 978-1107-015388
- Marx, Josef Bernhard, Recollections From My Life: An Autobiography by A.B. Marx, Pendragon Press, (2017) ISBN 978-1-57647-249-1.
References
- ^ Conway (2012), 188
- ^ Conway (2012), 188-9
- ^ Conway (2012), 189-91
- New International Encyclopedia(1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
- ^ "This day, May 15, in Jewish history". Cleveland Jewish News. Archived from the original on 2014-05-19. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
External links
- Introduction to the Interpretation of the Beethoven Piano Works (1895) by Marx, translated by Fannie Louise Gwinner. From Sibley Music Library Digital Scores Collection
- Free scores by Adolf Bernhard Marx at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
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