Professor Hermann Dischler
25th September 1866 – 20th March 1935
Hermann Dischler was born on the 25th of September in 1866 in Freiburg i.Br. He received his artistic training in the art school in Karlsruhe, he was student of Gustav Schönleber. Thereafter he was engaged as a painter in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald area.
1894, after he finished his studies, he built himself an artist’s workroom in Freiburg i.Br. At this time he went on a lot of trips and his trusty camera followed him everywhere. Five years later he started to number and comment his artworks, which he collected in 29 «Bildbüchern (books of pictures)».
In the winter months from 1905 to 1907 he stayed in the Todtnauer Hütte, where a lot of his oil studies arise.
The snowy winter landscapes became his typical theme and he called himself «Schneemoler (snowpainter)». 1917 he received his professorship by Grand Duke Friedrich II.
In 1927 he had an exhibition with artists like Curt Liebich, Julius Heffner, Wilhelm Nagel, Wilhelm Wickertsheimer a.o., they called themselves «Die Schwarzwälder (the Black Forests)». He died on the 20th of March in 1935 in Hinterzarten. Today his works are extremely appreciated because the snowy landscape present the untouched nature.
Lit: Exhibition Catalogue Augustiner Museum, Freiburg i.Br., 1993
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Der Vollkommene Capellmeister
Das ist Gründliche Anzeige aller derjenigen Sachen, die einer wissen, können, und vollkommen inne haben muß, der einer Capelle mit Ehren und Nutzen vorstehen will.
Author Johann Mattheson.
Printed by Christian Herold, Hamburg 1739. 504
Size 4°.
Johann Mattheson (1681 - 1764) was a German composer, opera singer and patron. As a contemporary and friend of George Frideric Handel he gained his first experience as a choir director as the conductor of the Hamburg Opera Choir. He composed numerous operas and oratorios and wrote a number of writings on music. The «Perfect Capellmeister» was received vividly by his contemporaries. Today it counts as the first coherent melody theory written with didactic intent.
Provenance: private collection of Southern Germany.
Der Vollkommene Capellmeister
Das ist Gründliche Anzeige aller derjenigen Sachen, die einer wissen, können, und vollkommen inne haben muß, der einer Capelle mit Ehren und Nutzen vorstehen will.
Autor Johann Mattheson.
Gedruckt bei Christian Herold, Hamburg 1739.
4°.
Johann Mattheson (1681 - 1764) war ein deutscher Komponist, Opernsänger und Mäzen. Seine ersten Erfahrungen als Chorleiter sammelte der Zeitgenosse und Freund Georg Friedrich Händels als Leiter des Hamburger Opernchors. Er komponierte zahlreiche Opern und Oratorien und verfasste eine Reihe von Schriften zur Musik. Der «Vollkommene Capellmeister» wurde von den Zeitgenossen lebhaft rezipiert. Er zählt heute als erste zusammenhängende Melodielehre, die in didaktischer Absicht verfasst wurde.
Provenienz: Privatsammlung Süddeutschland.