Cramer, Johann Baptist (1771–1858; composer, pianist), 36, 43, 58, 59 , 204, 206, 219, 275
Cramer, Marian (contralto; daughter of Franz), 210
Crelle, August Leopold (1780–1856; Prussian privy councilor), 135
Cristiani, Lisa (1827–1853; cellist), 500
Croft, William (1678–1727; composer), 266, 468
Crompton, Mary née Alexander (1806–1867; daughter of Claud Alexander), 284, 291, 474
Crüger, Johannes (1598–1662; composer), 129, 180
Cummings, William Hayman (1831–1915; organist, tenor), 396
Cunningham, Allan (1784–1842; poet), 208
Czerny, Carl (1791–1857; composer, pianist), 231, 331, 355, 414
Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mandé (1787–1851; scenic artist), 433
Dance, Sophia Louisa (daughter of William), 218
Dance, William (1755–1840; musician), 218
Dantan, Jean-Pierre (1800–1869; caricaturist), 334
Darmstadt, 98, 114, 177
Daumier, Honoré (1808–1879; caricaturist), 251
David, Félicien (1810–1876; composer), 252, 389
David, Ferdinand (1810–1873; composer, violinist), 28, 95, 191, 218, 311, 314, 315, 317, 320, 327, 363, 370, 388, 401, 404, 405, 406, 407, 418, 425, 446, 451, 458, 471, 479, 480, 481, 493, 500, 513, 521, 538, 566, 567, 590n66
Davison, James William (1813–1885; critic), 318, 455, 472, 525, 527, 544
Davout, Louis, Duke of Auerstädt (1770–1823; marshal of France), 28, 29, 30, 576n30
Davy, Sir Humphry (1778–1829; chemist), 474
Davy, Lady Jane (1780–1855; social hostess), 474
Decker, Pauline née von Schätzel (1812–1882; singer), 196, 287, 471
Defoe, Daniel (1659?-1731; novelist) Robinson Crusoe , 69
Delacroix, Ferdinand Victor Eugène (1798–1863; painter), 238
Dengler, Paul (1837–1909; Bad Reinerz Bürgermeister), 122
Dessau, 2, 5, 69, 227, 387, 508, 568
Dessau, Moses ben Mendel. See Mendelssohn, Moses.
Devonshire, William George Spencer, 6th Duke of (1790–1858), 209
Devrient, Eduard (1801–1877; actor, baritone), 43, 68, 69, 71, 90, 101, 120–128 passim, 138, 161, 165, 167, 170, 171, 186, 193, 194, 195, 196, 220, 222, 223, 226, 231, 247, 264–265, 268, 283, 290, 299, 322–323, 408, 420, 421, 429, 458, 459, 463, 483, 485, 498, 504, 510, 513, 514, 532, 533, 538, 561, 567
Devrient, Therese née Schlesinger (1803–1882; singer), 68, 124, 138, 193, 194, 196, 220, 222
Diabelli, Anton (1781–1858; Austrian music publisher), 372
Dibdin, Henry Edward (1813–1866; Edinburgh amateur, organist), 415
Dickens, Charles (1812–1870; author), 214, 360, 371, 403, 447, 474, 484
Dietrich, Albert (1829–1908; composer, conductor), 413
Dilthey, Wilhelm (1833–1911; philosopher), 21
Dinglinger, Wolfgang (musicologist), 94, 158, 380
Dirichlet, Felix (1837–1838; nephew), 360, 370
Dirichlet, Flora. See Baum.
Dirichlet, Peter Gustav Lejeune (1805–1859; mathematician, brother-in-law), 192, 246, 284, 309, 540, 617n118
Dirichlet, Rebecka née Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1811–1858; sister), 4–5, 28, 30, 33, 97, 171, 179, 184, 192, 202, 212, 213, 220, 228, 243, 246, 284, 304, 309, 321, 325, 326, 348, 353–354, 363, 365, 366, 370, 371, 375, 394, 409, 416, 418, 485–486, 499, 542, 566, 579n29, 591n132, 592n152, plate 3
Dirichlet, Walter (1833–1887; nephew), 284
Disraeli, Benjamin (1804–1881; author, statesman), 559
Dittersdorf, Carl Ditters von (1739–1799; composer), 69
Dittmar, Dr. ——— (singer in 1824 Die beiden Neffen ), 124
Döhler, Theodor (1814–1856; pianist), 327, 414
Dolby, Helen. See Sainton-Dolby.
Doles, Johann Friedrich (1715–1797; composer), 53, 82, 450
Donizetti, Gaetano (1797–1848; composer), 245, 384, 391, 410, 560
Donner, Johann Jakob Christian (1799–1875; Stuttgart Gymnasiumdirektor, translator), 419, 420
Dorn, Heinrich Ludwig Egmont (1804–1892; composer, conductor, writer), 61, 124, 126, 151, 152, 227, 458, 616n58
Dragonetti, Domenico (1763–1846; contrabassist), 206, 493
Dresden, xxiii, 6, 43, 129, 148, 363, 391, 393, 402, 409, 410, 419, 435, 444, 449, 451, 452, 453, 483, 485, 493, 498, 499, 511, 513, 532, 536, 538, 567
“Dresden Amen,” 225
Dreyschock, Alexander (1818–1869; Czech pianist), 371, 538
Drouet, Louis (1792–1873; flutist), 73, 118, 207
Droysen, Gustav (1838–1908; historian, son of J. G.), 176
Droysen, Johann Gustav (1808–1884; historian, philologist, tutor), 171, 173, 176, 181, 190, 191, 202, 211, 212, 213, 223, 224, 364, 384, 419, 540
Druids, 243, 269, 270–272, 431
Dryden, John (1631–1700; poet) Alexander’s Feast , 287, 516
Dürer, Albrecht (1471–1528; engraver, painter), 21, 185, 186, 286, 566, 599n46
Dürr, Alfred (b. 1918; musicologist), 124
Düsseldorf, 236, 250, 272, 273, 274, 280, 284, 285–286, 287, 289, 292, 295–296, 297–298, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 311, 315, 325, 355, 374, 375, 425, 435, 451, 486, 499, 516
Academy, 286, 292, 355
Musikverein, 285, 287
Opera, 274, 298, 299–300
Rittersaal, 318
Theater, 250, 272, 284, 293, 297, 298–299
Theater Verein, 297
Verein zur Beförderung der Tonkunst , 295
Dugasseau, Charles (1812–1885; painter), 403
Dulcken, Louise née David (1811–1850; pianist, sister of Ferdinand David), 532
Durante, Francesco (1684–1755; composer), 231, 296, 362
Dussek, Jan Ladislav (1760–1812; composer, pianist), 36–37, 58, 60, 94
Eberwein, Carl (1786–1868; composer, violinist), 86, 87
Edinburgh, 210, 213–214, 358, 390, 415, 430, 433
Egerton, Francis, Earl of Ellesmere (1800–1857), 366
Egk, Werner (1901–1983; composer), xxi
Eichendorff, Baron Joseph von (1788–1857; poet), 32, 306, 441, 455, 456, 476, 484, 534, 536, 557, 564
Eichhorn, Karl Friedrich (1781–1854; jurist, Prussian bureaucrat), 408, 443, 492
Eichthal, Adolphe d’ (London friend, brother of Gustave), 203, 593n34
Eichthal, Gustave d’ (1804–1886; French Hellenist, Saint Simonian), 203–204, 252
Einbeck, Major J. D. C. (1785–1845; chorus leader), 450
Eliot, George (Mary Ann Evans, 1819–1880; novelist), 83, 175, 545
Elisabeth, Queen of Prussia (1801–1873), 220, 424
Elkamp, Heinrich (1812–1868; composer), 337
Ella, John (1802–1888; conductor, critic, violinist), 276
Elphinstone, Mountstuart (1779–1859; governor of Bombay, historian), 77
Elsasser, Friedrich August (1810–1845; painter), 403
Elvers, Rudolf (b. 1924; music librarian), 32, 168
Emancipation, Edict of (1812), 12, 15, 31
Embden, Charlotte. See Moscheles.
Emett, John George (1787–1847; English organist), 438
Encke, Johann Franz (1791–1865; astronomer), 171
Enfantin, Prosper (1796–1864; Saint Simonian), 252–253
Ephraim, Benjamin Veitel (1742–1811; son of V. H.), 38
Ephraim, Veitel Heine (1703–1775; Prussian court jeweler, minter), 574n85, 577n79
Ephraim family, 231
Erard, Sébastien (1752–1831; French piano maker), 141, 207
Erard firm (French piano maker), 143, 207, 250, 251, 254, 268, 357, 367, 372, 516
Erman, Paul (1764–1851; physicist), 182
Ernst, Heinrich Wilhelm (1814–1865; Moravian composer, violinist), 435, 473
Ertmann, Baroness Dorothea von (1781–1849; pianist), 247
Eskeles, Cäcilie von née Itzig (1760–1836; great aunt), 10, 11–12, 134
Eskeles family, 231<
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Esterházy, Prince Nikolaus (1765–1833), 86
Euripides (ca. 485–ca. 406 B.C.; dramatist) Medea , 442
Ewer, J. J., & Co. (English music publisher), 389, 437, 536, 537, 542, 558
Falkenstein, Baron Johann Paul von (1801–1882; Saxon statesman), 395, 409, 451, 498, 538
Fallersleben. See Hoffmann von Fallersleben.
Fasch, Carl Friedrich Christian (1736–1800; composer, conductor, harpsichordist), 11, 38–40, 44, 54, 55, 56, 166, 181–182, 579n22
Fasch, Johann Friedrich (1688–1758; composer), 577n78
Fassmann, Auguste von (1808–1872; soprano), 375
Ferdinand I, Emperor of Austria (1793–1875), 232, 365
Fétis, François-Joseph (1784–1871; Belgian musicologist), 204–205, 254, 295, 397
Feuerbach, Ludwig Andreas (1804–1872; philosopher), 171
Fichte, Johann Gottlieb (1762–1814; philosopher), 171, 375
Field, John (1782–1837; Irish composer, pianist), 37, 133 , 228, 258
Fingal’s Cave, 215–216, 285
Fink, Gottfried Wilhelm (1783–1846; critic), 315, 327–328, 330, 336, 337, 342, 351
Finscher, Ludwig (b. 1930; musicologist), 434
Fischer, August (1798–1865; bass), 320
Fischer, Emil (1791–1841; composer, singing teacher), 577n100
Fischer, Michael Gottard (1773–1829; composer, organist), 53, 59
Fiske, Roger (1910–1987; musicologist), 211, 216
Fleming, Paul (1609–1640; German poet), 174
Fliess, Carl Friedrich (olim Joseph) (1745–1822; son of Moses Isaac), 14
Florence, 234, 235, 246, 485, 499
Florian, Jean-Pierre Claris de (1755–1794; poet), 53, 74
Flowers, George French (1811–1872; London contrapuntists’ society), 474
Fodor-Mainvielle, Joséphine (1789–1870; soprano), 244
Fontane, Theodor (1819–1898; writer), 77
Forkel, Johann Nikolaus (1749–1818; musicologist), 61
Fould, Oppenheim & Co. (Paris bank), 17, 121
Fränckel, Joseph Maximilian (1787–1857; banker), 18, 31
Fränkel, ——— (friend, 1821), 65
Fränkel, David (1707–1762; Dessau rabbi), 3
Fränkel, Maimon (1788–1848; author, theologian), 468–469
Franck, César (1822–1890; composer), 537
Franck, Eduard (1817–1893; composer, pianist), 292, 327
Franck, Hermann (1802–1855; critic), 126, 127, 156, 159, 252, 292, 327
Frankfurt, 15, 23, 33, 35, 36, 97, 98, 100, 101, 139, 145, 177, 178, 250, 317, 320–325 passim, 329, 330, 335, 347, 351, 352, 354, 358, 375, 376, 377, 380, 382, 385, 435, 440, 441, 472, 477, 478, 484, 486, 490, 492, 493, 494, 498, 509, 515, 529, 557, 564, 574n75, plate 15
Cäcilienverein, 101, 116, 255, 295, 311, 315, 317, 321, 323, 325, 352, 376–377, 494
Franklin, Benjamin (1706–1790; philosopher, scientist, statesman), 81, 388
Frederick II (the Great), King of Prussia (1712–1786), 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 13, 14, 38, 96, 486, 502
Frederick III, King of Prussia and Emperor of Germany (1831–1888), xxiv
Frederick, Prince (1794–1863; nephew of Frederick William III), 280, 376
Frederick Augustus I, King of Saxony (1750–1827), 453
Frederick Augustus II, King of Saxony (1797–1854), 406, 409, 444–445, 451, 473, 485, 498, 499, 512, 532, 538
Frederick William II, King of Prussia (1744–1797), 4, 12, 14, 577n79
Frederick William III, King of Prussia (1770–1840), 12–13, 15, 28, 31, 43, 74, 120, 186, 192, 196, 220, 225, 269, 283, 317, 406
Frederick William IV, King of Prussia (1795–1861), xxvi, 11, 198, 220, 286, 406, 418–419, 424, 429, 436, 439, 442, 443–444, 445, 450, 451, 456, 457, 458, 459, 465, 466, 467, 469, 472, 478, 483, 485, 492, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502, 529, 530, 531, 542, 566, 568
Frege, Livia (1818–1891; soprano), 565
Freudenberg, Carl Gottlieb (1797–1869; organist), 579n32
Friedländer, David (1750–1834; great uncle), 9–10, 16
Friedländer, Moses (1774–1840; banker, cousin), 16
Fuchs, Aloys (1799–1853; musicologist), 231, 268
Fürst, Julius (1805–1873; Orientalist), 268
Fux, Johann Joseph (1660–1741; composer, theorist), 43
Gabrieli, Giovanni (ca. 1554/7–1612; composer), 157
Gade, Niels (1817–1890; Danish composer), 75, 431–432 , 448, 450, 458, 464, 481, 498, 500, 513, 532, 538, 564, 567
Gans, Eduard (1798–1839; jurist), 171, 182, 183–184, 192, 220, 375
Ganz, Adolf (1795–1869; violinist), 221
Ganz, Leopold (1810–1869; violinist), 190
Ganz, Moritz (1802–1868; cellist), 221
Gasparo da Salò (1540–1609; string instrument maker), 409
Gauntlett, Henry John (1805–1876; composer, critic, organist), 356, 404, 529
Gauss, Carl Friedrich (1777–1855; mathematician), 187, 188, 192
Gebrüder Mendelssohn & Co. (Hamburg firm), 18, 27, 29, 31
Geck, Martin (b. 1936; musicologist), 123
Geibel, Emanuel (1815–1884; librettist), 507, 509, 534, 541
Lorelei , 507, 513, 514, 538, 541, 542, 561
Geijer, Erik Gustaf (1783–1847; historian), 515
Gellert, Christian Fürchtegott (1715–1769; poet), 53–54
Genast, Eduard Franz (1797–1866; actor), 440
Genelli, Hans Christian (1763–1823; architect), 421
George IV, King of Great Britain (1762–1830), 204, 208
Gérard, Baron François Pascal (1770–1837; painter), 304
Gerhardt, Paul (1607–1676; hymnist, poet), 232
German-Flemish Singing Festival (1846: Cologne), 514, 520
German Nazarenes, 15, 20, 23, 236, 292
Gewandhaus. See under Leipzig.
Gladstone, William Ewart (1809–1898; English statesman, Prime Minister), 546
Gleichauf, Franz Xaver (1801–1856; Frankfurt music instructor and Bach enthusiast), 478
Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich (1804–1857; Russian composer), 247
Gluck, Christoph Willibald (1714–1787; composer), 17, 127, 210, 238, 363–364, 376, 441, 502
Goethe, August von (1789–1830; son of J.W., government official), 84
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749–1832; poet), 12, 17, 30, 34, 40–41, 42, 69, 81, 83–89, 97, 102, 114, 120, 126, 146, 154, 191, 227, 228, 235, 244, 252, 254, 291–292, 297, 329, 354, 363, 395, 434, 455, 456, 484, 534, 574n75, 576n51
Achillëis , 71
Correspondence with Zelter, 40, 291–292
Egmont , 83
Erlkönig , 156
Die erste Walpurgisnacht , 40, 243, 269–270, 431
“Es war ein König in Thule,” 277
Faust , 83, 86, 139, 149–152, 160–161, 227, 269, 463, 513
Hermann und Dorothea , 71, 83
Iphigenie auf Tauris , 83
Italienische Reise , 235
“Kennst du das Land,” 100
“Lasset heut am edlen Ort,” 192
Die Leiden des jungen Werthers (The Sorrows of Young Werther) , 83
Die Liebende schreibt , 248
Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt , 184, 188–190, 309
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