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Ludwig Alois Friedrich Ritter von Köchel (German: [ˈkœçəl];[Note 1] 14 January 1800 – 3 June 1877) was an Austrian musicologist, writer, composer, botanist, and publisher. He is best known for cataloguing the works of Mozart and originating the 'KV-numbers' by which they are known (KV for Köchel-Verzeichnis).

Ludwig Ritter von Köchel
Ludwig Ritter von Köchel
Born	(1800-01-14)14 January 1800 Stein, Lower Austria, Austria
Died	3 June 1877(1877-06-03) (aged 77) Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Nationality	Austrian
Occupation	musicologist, writer, composer, botanist and publisher
Known for	Köchel catalogue

Life

Born in the town of Stein, Lower Austria, he studied law in Vienna and graduated with a PhD in 1827. For fifteen years, he was tutor to the four sons of Archduke Charles of Austria. Köchel was rewarded with a knighthood[Note 2] and a generous financial settlement, permitting him to spend the rest of his life as a private scholar. Contemporary scientists were greatly impressed by his botanical researches in North Africa, the Iberian Peninsula, the United Kingdom, the North Cape, and Russia. In addition to botany, he was interested in geology and mineralogy, but also loved music, and was a member of the Mozarteum Salzburg. He died of cancer at age 77 in Vienna.

Köchel catalogue

In 1862 he published the Köchel catalogue, a chronological and thematic register of the works of Mozart. This catalogue was the first on such a scale and with such a level of scholarship behind it; it has since undergone revisions. Mozart's works are often referred to by their KV-numbers (cf. opus number); for example, the "Jupiter" symphony, Symphony No. 41, KV. 551. At the same time that Köchel was writing his catalogue Otto Jahn was making a comprehensive collection of Mozart works and writing a scholarly biography of Mozart. [1] When Jahn learned of Köchel's work he turned over his collection to him. Köchel dedicated his catalogue to Jahn.[2]

Other works

Moreover, Köchel arranged Mozart's works into twenty-four categories, which were used by Breitkopf & Härtel when they published the first complete edition of Mozart's works from 1877 to 1910, a venture partly funded by Köchel.

He also catalogued the works of Johann Fux.[3][4]

Notes

References

External links

• Works by Ludwig Ritter von Köchel at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Ludwig Ritter von Köchel at Internet Archive
• Free scores by Ludwig Ritter von Köchel at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)

• Literature by and about Ludwig Ritter von Köchel in the German National Library catalogue
• Ludwig Ritter von Köchel in Austria-Forum (in German)  (at AEIOU)
• Entry about Ludwig Ritter von Köchel in the database Gedächtnis des Landes on the history of the state of Lower Austria (Lower Austria Museum)
• Ludwig Ritter von Köchel Society

На других языках

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[de] Ludwig von Köchel

Ludwig Alois Friedrich Ritter von Köchel (* 14. Jänner 1800 in Stein an der Donau, Niederösterreich; † 3. Juni 1877 in Wien) war ein österreichischer Jurist, Historiker und Naturforscher. Er wurde bekannt als Autor des Köchelverzeichnisses.

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- [en] Ludwig Ritter von Köchel

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[es] Ludwig von Köchel

Ludwig Alois Friedrich Ritter von Köchel (Stein, Baja Austria,14 de enero de 1800 - Viena, Austria, 3 de junio de 1877) fue un escritor, compositor, botánico, editor y admirador de la obra musical de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, cuya obra catalogó a mediados del siglo XIX.

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[ru] Кёхель, Людвиг фон

Людвиг фон Кёхель (полное имя нем. Ludwig Alois Ferdinand Ritter von Köchel, где Ritter — это титул, присвоенный Кёхелю в 1842 году; 14 января 1800 — 3 июня 1877, Вена) — австрийский музыковед, источниковед, писатель, композитор, ботаник и публицист. Наиболее известен как составитель каталога произведений Моцарта.

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