Hummel Note
Research notes of composer Hummel
The life of Johann Nepomuk Hummel
9. Happy Weimar Age (3)
Hummel's activities in Weimar, in addition to directing theater, include the annual pension fundraising concert, gala celebrations, special concerts honoring the dukes and local dignitaries such as Goethe, and concerts by visiting musicians. In addition, he was active in private parties and was loved by the whole town.
Hummel was also active in writing, writing ``Mozart's memoirs'', ``Autobiography'', ``Detailed theory and practice of piano playing'', etc., but such activities and constant lessons for his pupils took a lot of time. It will be taken, and the creation of your own work will gradually decrease.
The other is the movement to protect the copyrights of musicians, which I mentioned earlier. Beethoven also had a problem, but pirated copies do not bring a single penny to writers. It was a campaign to eradicate it. He is the first major musician in history to do so.
Due to these public, writing and copyright activities, he did not go on concert tours in 1824, but remained in Weimar. Hummel, who was planning a tour for the following year, decided to use his many years of experience and wisdom to conduct public relations activities in advance of the cities he visited. Cherubini, director of the Paris Conservatoire, an admirer of Hummel, volunteered for this role.
The concert in Paris that year generated great acclaim, and the competition for concert tickets was record-breaking. Because of these achievements, in 1826, he competed with the young Liszt for the Legion of Honor, which is still considered the most prestigious award in France today. The audience was of the opinion that Hummel was well qualified, so he was awarded the prize.
His achievements and fame gained from these tours have been praised in various countries, and he has been awarded the Order of the Weimar White Falcon, the Institut de France, the Societe des Enfons d'Apollons, the Geneva Music Society, the Dutch Music Society, and the Vienna Musikverein. The word "member" is lined up. He was also an early honorary member of the Philharmonic Society of London.
Weimar also has various exchanges. He met regularly with Goethe and was often invited to his home. Private concerts were often held at his house, and Hummel listened to and dedicated many unpublished works (private compositions) to Goethe during his exchanges with Goethe.
Many of them are cantatas, and the representative ones are as follows.
S.158 ◇Goethe's birthday chorus "Today, in noble company" 1822
S.173 ◇Goethe's birthday solo song "A Merry Day" 1827
S.177 ◇Goethe's Birthday Song in B flat major 1829 lyrics missing
S.180 ◇Goethe's Birthday Solo Song "We Climb Merry" 1829 * disappeared
S.187 ◇Goethe's solo song for the 50th anniversary of Weimar ``Raise your voice'' 1825* Disappearance
S.195 ◇Goethe's birthday song "Dreams were sweet and sweet" 1831 *unfinished
In 1825, the year he did not travel, he invited his friend Moscheles to Weimar to organize a concert. Afterwards, Hummel hosted a grand banquet for Moscheles, who took the trouble to visit, and the two performed a duet in front of the Grand Duchess.
Hummel's activities in Weimar thus consisted, in addition to directing theater, of the annual pension fundraising concerts, gala celebrations, special concerts honoring the dukes and local dignitaries such as Goethe, and visiting musicians. Concerts (Paganini in 1829 was a representative example of this, and I mentioned in the previous article that he was in charge of inviting, preparing, and managing concerts), and he also hosted private parties, etc., and was active as a conductor and a performer. He was loved from within.
Along with Goethe, it became “the very purpose” of those who visited Weimar.
"No visit to the city is complete without meeting Goethe and hearing Hummel play."