Ludwig Ritter von Köchel

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Ludwig Ritter von Köchel
Ludwig Alois Ferdinand Ritter von Kochel.jpg
Ludwig Ritter von Köchel
Born(1800-01-14)14 January 1800
Stein, Lower Austria, Austria
Died3 June 1877(1877-06-03) (aged 77)
Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Nationality Austrian
Occupation(s) musicologist, writer, composer, botanist and publisher
Known for Köchel catalogue
Kochel's arms as Ritter, 1842. Ritter von Kochel (1842) - Gerd Hruska.png
Köchel's arms as Ritter, 1842.

Ludwig Alois Friedrich Ritter von Köchel (German: [ˈkœçəl] ; [Note 1] 14 January 1800 – 3 June 1877) was an Austrian musicologist, writer, composer, botanist, and publisher. He is best known for cataloguing the works of Mozart and originating the 'KV-numbers' by which they are known (KV for Köchel-Verzeichnis).

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Life

Born in the town of Stein, Lower Austria, he studied law in Vienna and graduated with a PhD in 1827. For fifteen years, he was tutor to the four sons of Archduke Charles of Austria. Köchel was rewarded with a knighthood [Note 2] and a generous financial settlement, permitting him to spend the rest of his life as a private scholar. Contemporary scientists were greatly impressed by his botanical researches in North Africa, the Iberian Peninsula, the United Kingdom, the North Cape, and Russia. In addition to botany, he was interested in geology and mineralogy, but also loved music, and was a member of the Mozarteum Salzburg. 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 Johann Fux. [3] [4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Regarding personal names: Ritter is a title, translated approximately as Sir (denoting a Knight ), not a first or middle name. There is no equivalent female form.
  2. ↑ Ritter is a title translated approximately as "Sir".

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References

  1. ↑ Otto Jahn, Life of Mozart– tr P. D. Townsend Cooper Square Publishers Inc ISBN   9781108064859
  2. ↑ Robert Levin, Who Wrote the Mozart Four-Wind Concertante pp15-16 ISBN   0-918728-33-9
  3. ↑ Köchel, Ludwig von (1872). Thematisches Verzeichniss der Compositioner von Johann Josef Fux. Wien: A. Hölder. OCLC   9116963.
  4. ↑ Brook, Barry S.; Viano, Richard J. (1997) Thematic Catalogues in Music: An Annotated Bibliography at Google Books. Pendragon Press. page 146. ISBN   0-918728-86-X.
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