Ludwig Ritter von Köchel

Ludwig Ritter von Köchel
botanist and publisher
Known for	Köchel catalogue

Ludwig Alois Friedrich Ritter von Köchel (German:

and originating the 'KV-numbers' by which they are known (KV for Köchel-Verzeichnis).

Life

Born in the town of

. He died of cancer at age 77 in Vienna.

Köchel catalogue

In 1862 he published the Köchel catalogue, a chronological and thematic register of the works of Mozart. This catalogue was the first on such a scale and with such a level of scholarship behind it; it has since undergone revisions. Mozart's works are often referred to by their KV-numbers (cf. opus number); for example, the "Jupiter" symphony, Symphony No. 41, KV. 551. At the same time that Köchel was writing his catalogue Otto Jahn was making a comprehensive collection of Mozart works and writing a scholarly biography of Mozart.^[1] When Jahn learned of Köchel's work he turned over his collection to him. Köchel dedicated his catalogue to Jahn.^[2]

Other works

Moreover, Köchel arranged Mozart's works into twenty-four categories, which were used by Breitkopf & Härtel when they published the first complete edition of Mozart's works from 1877 to 1910, a venture partly funded by Köchel.

He also catalogued the works of

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References

External links

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• Works by Ludwig Ritter von Köchel at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Ludwig Ritter von Köchel at Internet Archive
• Free scores by Ludwig Ritter von Köchel at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
• Literature by and about Ludwig Ritter von Köchel in the German National Library catalogue
• Ludwig Ritter von Köchel in Austria-Forum (in German) (at AEIOU)
• Entry about Ludwig Ritter von Köchel in the database Gedächtnis des Landes on the history of the state of Lower Austria (Lower Austria Museum)
• Ludwig Ritter von Köchel Society