Georg Jacob Vollweiler (29 November 1770 – 17 November 1847) was a German musician, noted as a teacher. For a period he was manager of the London branch of Johann Anton André's publishing firm.
Life
editVollweiler was born in Eppingen in 1770. From 1786 he received musical education in Heidelberg; he became an orchestral cellist and music teacher in Mannheim, and studied the theory of harmony.[1]
He was a teacher of musical composition to Johann Anton André, son of the music publisher Johann André, in 1792–93. Other pupils include Ferdinand Hiller, Désiré Magnus, and Aloys Schmitt.[2][3][4][5]
In 1805, Vollweiler moved to London, to manage a branch of the André publishing business established there by Philipp André, brother of Johann Anton André who now headed the business. Printing was by lithography, at that time a new process, which the firm called "polyautography". Vollweiler published several "specimens of polyautography" as well as music. In 1807, Johann Anton André closed the London business and Vollweiler returned to Germany; he continued to work for the firm in Offenbach am Main until 1818.[1][2]
On 15 December 1811, he married Catharina Sieffert in Offenbach. Their son Carl Vollweiler (1813–1847) became a noted pianist and composer.[1][6]
From 1828 to 1833, Vollweiler wrote reviews for the music periodical Caecilia. In 1844, he produced instruction books for beginners in piano-playing, and in singing, published by Schott.[1]
He died in Heidelberg.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Pages 454–492 Michael Kassler, Vollweiler's Introduction of Music Lithography to England, in Michael Kassler (ed.), The Music Trade in Georgian England. Ashgate Publishing, 2011.
- ^ a b Page 66–67 Michael Kassler, A.F.C. Kollmann's Quarterly Musical Register (1812): An Annotated Edition. Ashgate Publishing, 2008.
- ^ (in German). 1891 – via Wikisource.
- ^ (in German). 1905 – via Wikisource.
- ^ (in German). 1875 – via Wikisource.
- ^ a b Eduard Bernsdorf: Neues Universal-Lexikon der Tonkunst. Volume 3. Offenbach 1861, Page 825
- Michael Kassler, "Philippe André and the Introduction of Lithography to England", Journal of the Printing Historical Society, n.s. no. 17 (2011), pp. 5–21.