Ludwig Bischoff (* 27 November 1794 in Dessau; "† 24 February 1867 in Cologne) was paedagogue, musician, critic and publisher.

It was born as a son of a Cellisten from a steeped in tradition Musikerfamilie.So got it its first musical education of the father.

Starting from 1812 Bischoff in Berlin studied philology. But it already went to 1813 to the Prussian Kavallerie regiment and took at the people battle with Leipzig teil.1814 took it its studies in Berlin and terminated it 1817.

In the spring 1818 it moved into Switzerland, where it found as a paedagogue employment. After its return it became 1821 Gymnasiallehrer in Berlin and 1823 director at the High School in Wesel, where Konrad Duden put its Abitur down with it.

Bischoff participated in Wesel actively in the music life and based singing and orchestra association ways of its liberals convicition and its behavior during the 1848er revolution had it its parting to take and pulled after 1849 Bonn there created it the" Rheini music newspaper "(later" Niederrheini music newspaper "), appearing in Cologne, a whose avowed goal it was, the traditions of the classical art against the Zumutungen of the contemporaries to verteidigen.1850 created it together with others the music company" Beethoven association ". Already short time later gave this association, consisting of specialized technical and Dilettanten, subscription concerts.

Bischoff in Cologne spent the last years, where he succumbed to 1867 an impact accumulation.

Bischoff was one the main fighter against the again-German daring establishment and of the word" future music ".

Literature

• Robert Lee Curtis: Ludwig Bischoff - A mid nineteenth century music critic, contributions to rheinischen music history, number 123, Cologne 1979

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