Friedrich Fleischmann

Johann Friedrich Anton Fleischmann (July 19, 1766 at Marktheidenfeld – November 30, 1798 in Meiningen) was a German composer. (Some sources give his first name as Josef rather than Johann.)

He studied at Mannheim with Ignaz Holzbauer and G J Vogler before going to the University of Würzburg. He then became private secretary and tutor to the Regierungs-präsident at Regensburg in 1786, before going on to be cabinet secretary to Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen.

He composed orchestral and chamber works, lieder and Singspiele. His main work was the Singspiel "Die Geisterinsel" after Shakespeare's The Tempest.

According to E Goretzki, the song "Schlafe mein Prinzchen Schlaf ein", often attributed to Mozart (KV350) or Bernhard Flies, was composed by Fleischmann.

Successors

His son W. Th. Fleischmann (1794–1886), had a son F.C.W. Alexander J. Fleischmann (1826–1891). Alexander J. Fleischmann translated the book "Looking Backward" by Edward Bellamy into German. („Ein Rückblick aus dem Jahre 2000 auf das Jahr 1887“, Wiegand, Leipzig 1890). During one year seven editions were printed.

B.A. Johanna Müller (artist name: Müller-Koburg, 1860–1947), daughter of Alexander Fleischmann, was a writer, painter and translator; she painted landscapes (Baltic Sea, Berlin, Coburg and Ahrenshoop).

ources

*Rönnau, Klaus (1992), 'Fleischmann, Friedrich' in "The New Grove Dictionary of Opera", ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
*E. Goretzki and D. Krickenberg (July 1988) 'Das Wiegenlied "von Mozart"', in "Mitteilungen der Internationalen Stiftung Mozarteum", Salzburg (S.114 ff)

External links

* [http://www.marktheidenfeld.de/kultur/allerlei/musiker/index.html?fCMS=eec1051c35e45fc76740ad2ed985f8ec Marktheidenfeld honors its composers] (German)