Nikolaus Simrock
German horn player and music publisher
Nikolaus Simrock (23 August 1751 in Mainz – 12 June 1832 in Bonn) was a German horn player at the court of the Elector of Cologne in Bonn and a music publisher. He was a friend of Ludwig van Beethoven and founder of the N. Simrock music publishing house.2
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Born Aug 23, 1751, died Jun 12, 1832.1
About
"Highly esteemed as a man and a musician", he remained in contact with Beethoven throughout the 1790s and is regarded as a "reliable witness" to Beethoven's years in Bonn.
From Wikipedia’s article on Nikolaus Simrock, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
Companies
- N. SimrockFounder9
Career
Occupation: composer, music publisher, horn player, copper engraver, music arranger.4
- Date not recordedFounded N. Simrock3
Personal life
- BornAug 23, 1751, Mainz5
- DiedJun 12, 1832, Bonn6
- CitizenshipGrand Duchy of Hesse7
- SpouseOttilie Franziska Blaschek married 17808
Simrock was married to Franziska Ottilie Blaschek from Mainz and they had 13 children together. The family members influenced nearly 200 years of cultural history of the Rhineland. One of his sons, Peter Joseph Simrock, ran the publishing business, another son was for many years the manager of the Hotel "Trierer Hof" in the market square, where Alexandre Dumas was a guest. The youngest son, Karl, was an editor of old and middle German literature and German literature of the 19th century.
From Wikipedia’s article on Nikolaus Simrock (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- 1WikidataNikolaus Simrock on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaNikolaus Simrock on Wikipedia
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- 9WikidataN. Simrock, Founder
- 10Wikimedia CommonsNikolaus Simrock photo by Joseph Karl Stieler, Public domain