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German musicologist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carl Georg Vivigens von Winterfeld[1] (28 January 1784 – 19 February 1852)[1] was a German lawyer and musicologist. He studied music from the 16th to 18th centuries, and was instrumental in reviving it, especially the music by Heinrich Schütz.
Winterfeld was born in Berlin.[1] His parents were Karl Friedrich Gotthilf von Winterfeldt (17 May 1757 - 14 September 1824) and his wife Sophie Elisabeth Helene Wilhelmine von Köhler (28 March 1754 – 13 April 1821).[2]
Winterfeld studied law at the University of Halle from 1803,[1] and was appointed as a judge in Breslau in 1816.[2] After his return to Berlin in 1832, he was appointed Obertribunalrat, and in 1839 became an honorary member of the Prussian Academy of Arts.[1] Winterfeld was a founding member of the Bach-Gesellschaft[1] and since 1835 a member of the Gesetzlose Gesellschaft zu Berlin.
Winterfeld is credited with the rediscovery of Heinrich Schütz, publishing works by Schütz in his work about Gabrieli in 1834.[3][4] In 1812, he undertook a journey to Italy, where he made copies of compositions from the 16th to 18th centuries.[2] He found more music from the period in Breslau.[2] His collection is kept in the Berlin State Library. Winterfeld was a patron of August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, who dedicated the song collection "Siebengestirn gevatterlicher Wiegen-Lieder für Frau Minna von Winterfeld" to him in gratitude, or to his wife Wilhelmine "Minna" von Winterfeld and their children.[5]
Winterfeld married Wilhelmine von Thümen (20 June 1789 – 1 November 1845). The couple had several children, including[5]
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