Alfred Dörffel

Alfred Dörffel ( born January 24, 1821 in Waldenburg ( Sachsen), † 22 January 1905 in Leipzig ) was a German pianist and music publishers.

Life

The son of a prince Beautifully Freiburgische Chamber Council Dörffel August Friedrich (1788-1847) and his wife Christiane Charlotte born Kröhne received his first music lessons from Waldburger organist Johann Adolf Trube. Later he took in Leipzig music lessons with Gottfried Wilhelm Fink, Felix Mendelssohn and Robert Schumann. He was the brother of Otakar Dörffel, mayor of Glauchau the time of the Revolution of 1848 /49 and later in Joinville ( Brazil).

Dörffel was editor of the music publishers Breitkopf & Härtel and CF Peters. He was a leader of the musical world out, translated the Treatise on Instrumentation by Hector Berlioz and edited several volumes of the complete edition of the Bach Society. He was a respected music critic, writing for the New Journal of Music and Musical weekly paper. Dörffel founded a library of musical literature that formed the basis for the 1894 opened Peters Music Library in Leipzig. He also worked as curator of the music department of the municipal library of Leipzig.

Since 1842 Dörffel was a member of the Masonic Lodge Leipzig Baldwin zur Linde and composed for the lodge numerous pieces of music, mostly on texts by Gotthard Oswald Marbach.

The University of Leipzig awarded 1885 Dörffel an honorary doctorate. Gustav wing dedicated his Op. 38 Three Piano Pieces (1856, Leipzig, Merseburg ).

Dörffel was married to Charlotte Louise Benigna born Trabert, together they had many children, their descendants meet regularly to this day and are organized in association Kröneschen family day.