Franz Brendel

Karl Franz Brendel (* November 26, 1811 in Stolberg, † November 25, 1868 in Leipzig ) was a German music critic and musicologist. He was the son of the Saxon machines Director Christian Friedrich Brendel.

Life and work

1844 took over Brendel as the successor of Robert Schumann the editors of the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik in Leipzig. Under his leadership, the journal quickly became a mouthpiece of, inter alia, represented by Franz Liszt and Richard Wagner music opinion for their supporters Brendel the term neo-German school introduced in the history of music. He has published numerous writings of the New German in the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik, including Wagner's infamous 1850 article Judaism in music. Brendel held the lead the magazine, which (especially Eduard Hanslick ) was exposed at this time permanently attacks conservative -minded musicians and critics held until his death in 1868.

Apart from his journalistic activity Brendel held for a time also lectures on music history at the Leipzig Conservatory, particularly of progressive-minded young musicians such as Felix Draeseke, were well attended.

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