Henri Hinrichsen (5 February 1868 – 17 September 1942) was a German music publisher and patron of music in Leipzig. He directed the music publishing house C. F. Peters, succeeding his uncle. He helped found the Hochschule für Frauen zu Leipzig, the first academy for women in Germany, and financed the acquisition of a collection of musical instruments by the University of Leipzig. He was murdered at the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Stolpersteine for the Hinrichsen family in front of the Musikbibliothek Peters [de] in Leipzig
Memorial for Dr. Henri Hinrichsen and family at the Südfriedhof in Leipzig
Born in Hamburg, Hinrichsen trained to be a music seller and publisher in Leipzig, Basel, Brussels and London.[1] He married Martha (née Bendix, 1879–1941) in 1898. The couple had two daughters and five sons.
Hinrichsen worked from 15 May 1891 for the music publisher C. F. Peters, which belonged to his uncle Max Abraham. On 1 January 1894, he became a part owner[2] and after the suicide of his uncle in 1900 was the sole director of the publishing house.[1] He published works by his contemporaries, such as Johannes Brahms and Edvard Grieg, who was his friend and had a room on the upper floor of the building which housed both the business and the family. He was the first to add works by Gustav Mahler, Hans Pfitzner, Max Reger, Arnold Schönberg and Hugo Wolf to the house's products, and in 1932, he acquired the rights to seven early tone poems by Richard Strauss. He introduced critical editions called Urtext.[2]
Hinrichsen was a Geheimer Kommerzienrat, Handelsrichter and Stadtverordneter in Leipzig.[3] He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Leipzig in 1929.[1]
In 1911, Hinrichsen was a patron of the Hochschule für Frauen zu Leipzig [de], the first academy for women in Germany,[2] founded by Henriette Goldschmidt (1825–1920), whose work he supported.[4] In 1921, it was continued as the Sozialpädagisches Frauenseminar by the city of Leipzig but still financially sponsored by Hinrichsen.[4] In 1926, he donated 200,000 Reichsmarks to the University of Leipzig to enable it to acquire a collection of musical instruments (Musikinstrumenten-Sammlung Wilhelm Heyer) from Cologne.[3][5] It became the foundation of today's Museum of Musical Instruments of Leipzig University.[2][5]
Hinrichsen was a patriotic German who had been recognized by Wilhelm II, the German emperor.[1]
Nazi persecution and murder 1933-1942
When the Nazis came to power in Germany in 1933, he was persecuted as a Jew. In 1938, his publishing house was Aryanized, that is transferred to a non-Jewish owner.[6][2][7] In 1940, he travelled to Brussels and applied for visas to try to get to Britain and the United States. On January 11, 1940, he was forced to relinquish to Hitler's art dealer Hildebrand Gurlitt his Pissarro painting, Sower And Ploughman, however he still did not receive a visa.[8] His wife died in Brussels on 7 October 1941, because as a Jew she could not get insulin to treat her diabetes.[9] Hinrichsen was deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp, where he was murdered on 17 September 1942.[9]
Family
His son Max Hinrichsen (1901–1965) emigrated in the 1930s and founded the Peters Edition in London.[2] His other son, Walter Hinrichsen (1907–1969), left Germany in 1936 and founded the C.F. Peters Corporation in New York City.[2]
Awards and honors
On 29 May 1929, Hinrichsen received an honorary doctorate from the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Leipzig.[1] In 1949, Arnold Schoenberg dedicated a revised version of his Fünf Orchesterstücke, Op. 16, to his memory: "This new edition is dedicated to the memory of Henri Hinrichsen, a music publisher who was a great seigneur."[10] After the grave monument of the Abraham/Hinrichsen family in the Südfriedhof was razed in the 1980s, a statue recalling the former location was erected in 1992.[11] A bust of Hinrichsen is displayed in a staircase of the Grassi Museum in Leipzig. In 2001, a street in Leipzig's Waldstraßenviertel was named after him.[11]
Claim for Nazi-looted art
In 2013, drawing that had belonged to Hinrichsen, "Klavierspiel" (Playing the Piano) by Carl Spitzweg, was discovered in the stash of artworks hoarded by the son of Hitler's art dealer Hildebrand Gurlitt in Munich in 2013.[12] It was restituted to the Hinrichsen's heirs by of Museum of Fine Arts in Bern, to received part of the Gurlitt collection after his death.[13]
Property looted by Nazis from Hinrichsen, including artworks, are being searched for.[14][15]
Literature
Irene Lawford-Hinrichsen: Music Publishing and Patronage - C. F. Peters: 1800 to the Holocaust. London: Edition Press 2000 ISBN0953611205
Sophie Fetthauer: Musikverlage im "Dritten Reich" und im Exil. (Musik im "Dritten Reich" und im Exil, vol. 10) Von Bockel Verlag Hamburg 2004 ISBN3-932696-52-2
Irene Lawford-Hinrichsen; Norbert Molkenbur: C. F. Peters - ein deutscher Musikverlag im Leipziger Kulturleben. Zum Wirken von Max Abraham und Henri Hinrichsen. In: Ephraim-Carlebach-Stiftung (ed.): Judaica Lipsiensia: Zur Geschichte der Juden in Leipzig. Leipzig: Edition Leipzig, 1994. pp. 92–109
Irene Lawford-Hinrichsen: Five Hundred Years to Auschwitz : A Family Odyssey from the Inquisition to the Present. Bertrams 2008. ISBN0953611213.
^ abBucholtz, Erika (2001). Henri Hinrichsen und der Musikverlag C. F. Peters : deutsch-jüdisches Bürgertum in Leipzig von 1891 bis 1938. Schriftenreihe wissenschaftlicher Abhandlungen des Leo-Baeck-Instituts (in German). Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. pp. 17, 255. ISBN3-16-147638-7.
^ ab"Henri Hinrichsen (1868–1942)". goldschmidtschule-leipzig.de (in German). Retrieved 19 October 2018.
^ abHeise, Birgit (2004). "Reich an Klanggeräten / dank 800 000 Goldmark / 75 Jahre Musikinstrumentenmuseum" (PDF). Universität Leipzig (in German). University of Leipzig (129–130). Retrieved 18 January 2019.
^"Music Publishing and Patronage: C. F. Peters, 1800 to the Holocaust. | Jewish Music Research Centre". www.jewish-music.huji.ac.il. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
^Zeraschi, Helmut: Geschichte des Museums, in: Schriftenreihe des Musikinstrumenten-Museums der Karl-Marx-Universität, Vol. 2. Leipzig: Musikinstrumenten-Museum der Karl-Marx-Universität 1977.
^"Revealed: The oddball who hid £1bn of art in his squalid flat... and the extraordinary story of how his father, who stole paintings for the Nazis, conned Allied investigators". www.lootedart.com. Retrieved 2021-11-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ ab"Familie Hinrichsen". stolpersteine-leipzig.de (in German). Retrieved 19 October 2018.
^"Fünf Orchesterstücke in der Originalfassung für großes Orchester op. 16". schoenbergmusic.com. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
^ ab"Bedeutende jüdische Persönlichkeiten in Leipzig" (in German). MDR. 22 June 2005. Archived from the original on 24 April 2008. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
^"Germany: Gurlitt Case Overview". www.lootedart.com. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
^"Germany returns latest Nazi-looted work from Gurlitt art trove". www.lootedart.com. Retrieved 2021-11-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^"Art stolen by the Nazis hits close to home". lootedart.com. Retrieved 2021-11-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^"Owners sought: Owners of Cultural Property in Germany identifed [sic] by Claims Conference". www.lootedart.com. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
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Henri Hinrichsen 5 February 1868 17 September 1942 was a German music publisher and patron of music in Leipzig He directed the music publishing house C F Peters succeeding his uncle He helped found the Hochschule fur Frauen zu Leipzig the first academy for women in Germany and financed the acquisition of a collection of musical instruments by the University of Leipzig He was murdered at the Auschwitz concentration camp Henri HinrichsenBorn 1868 02 05 5 February 1868Hamburg North German ConfederationDied17 September 1942 1942 09 17 aged 74 Auschwitz Birkenau German occupied PolandOccupationMusic publisherOrganizationsC F Peters Hochschule fur Frauen zu Leipzig University of LeipzigAwardsHonorary doctorate Contents 1 Career 2 Nazi persecution and murder 1933 1942 3 Family 4 Awards and honors 5 Claim for Nazi looted art 6 Literature 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksCareer Edit Stolpersteine for the Hinrichsen family in front of the Musikbibliothek Peters de in Leipzig Memorial for Dr Henri Hinrichsen and family at the Sudfriedhof in Leipzig Born in Hamburg Hinrichsen trained to be a music seller and publisher in Leipzig Basel Brussels and London 1 He married Martha nee Bendix 1879 1941 in 1898 The couple had two daughters and five sons Hinrichsen worked from 15 May 1891 for the music publisher C F Peters which belonged to his uncle Max Abraham On 1 January 1894 he became a part owner 2 and after the suicide of his uncle in 1900 was the sole director of the publishing house 1 He published works by his contemporaries such as Johannes Brahms and Edvard Grieg who was his friend and had a room on the upper floor of the building which housed both the business and the family He was the first to add works by Gustav Mahler Hans Pfitzner Max Reger Arnold Schonberg and Hugo Wolf to the house s products and in 1932 he acquired the rights to seven early tone poems by Richard Strauss He introduced critical editions called Urtext 2 Hinrichsen was a Geheimer Kommerzienrat Handelsrichter and Stadtverordneter in Leipzig 3 He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Leipzig in 1929 1 In 1911 Hinrichsen was a patron of the Hochschule fur Frauen zu Leipzig de the first academy for women in Germany 2 founded by Henriette Goldschmidt 1825 1920 whose work he supported 4 In 1921 it was continued as the Sozialpadagisches Frauenseminar by the city of Leipzig but still financially sponsored by Hinrichsen 4 In 1926 he donated 200 000 Reichsmarks to the University of Leipzig to enable it to acquire a collection of musical instruments Musikinstrumenten Sammlung Wilhelm Heyer from Cologne 3 5 It became the foundation of today s Museum of Musical Instruments of Leipzig University 2 5 Hinrichsen was a patriotic German who had been recognized by Wilhelm II the German emperor 1 Nazi persecution and murder 1933 1942 EditWhen the Nazis came to power in Germany in 1933 he was persecuted as a Jew In 1938 his publishing house was Aryanized that is transferred to a non Jewish owner 6 2 7 In 1940 he travelled to Brussels and applied for visas to try to get to Britain and the United States On January 11 1940 he was forced to relinquish to Hitler s art dealer Hildebrand Gurlitt his Pissarro painting Sower And Ploughman however he still did not receive a visa 8 His wife died in Brussels on 7 October 1941 because as a Jew she could not get insulin to treat her diabetes 9 Hinrichsen was deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp where he was murdered on 17 September 1942 9 Family EditHis son Max Hinrichsen 1901 1965 emigrated in the 1930s and founded the Peters Edition in London 2 His other son Walter Hinrichsen 1907 1969 left Germany in 1936 and founded the C F Peters Corporation in New York City 2 Awards and honors EditOn 29 May 1929 Hinrichsen received an honorary doctorate from the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Leipzig 1 In 1949 Arnold Schoenberg dedicated a revised version of his Funf Orchesterstucke Op 16 to his memory This new edition is dedicated to the memory of Henri Hinrichsen a music publisher who was a great seigneur 10 After the grave monument of the Abraham Hinrichsen family in the Sudfriedhof was razed in the 1980s a statue recalling the former location was erected in 1992 11 A bust of Hinrichsen is displayed in a staircase of the Grassi Museum in Leipzig In 2001 a street in Leipzig s Waldstrassenviertel was named after him 11 Claim for Nazi looted art EditIn 2013 drawing that had belonged to Hinrichsen Klavierspiel Playing the Piano by Carl Spitzweg was discovered in the stash of artworks hoarded by the son of Hitler s art dealer Hildebrand Gurlitt in Munich in 2013 12 It was restituted to the Hinrichsen s heirs by of Museum of Fine Arts in Bern to received part of the Gurlitt collection after his death 13 Property looted by Nazis from Hinrichsen including artworks are being searched for 14 15 Literature EditIrene Lawford Hinrichsen Music Publishing and Patronage C F Peters 1800 to the Holocaust London Edition Press 2000 ISBN 0953611205 Sophie Fetthauer Musikverlage im Dritten Reich und im Exil Musik im Dritten Reich und im Exil vol 10 Von Bockel Verlag Hamburg 2004 ISBN 3 932696 52 2 Irene Lawford Hinrichsen Norbert Molkenbur C F Peters ein deutscher Musikverlag im Leipziger Kulturleben Zum Wirken von Max Abraham und Henri Hinrichsen In Ephraim Carlebach Stiftung ed Judaica Lipsiensia Zur Geschichte der Juden in Leipzig Leipzig Edition Leipzig 1994 pp 92 109 Irene Lawford Hinrichsen Five Hundred Years to Auschwitz A Family Odyssey from the Inquisition to the Present Bertrams 2008 ISBN 0953611213 Annerose Kemp Eberhard Ulm Henriette Goldschmidt Schule 1911 2011 Leipzig 2011 See also EditAryanization List of claims for restitution The HolocaustReferences Edit a b c d e Fetthauer Sophie Henri Hinrichsen Lexikon verfolgter Musiker und Musikerinnen der NS Zeit in German University of Hamburg Retrieved 19 October 2018 a b c d e f g Company History Edition Peters Retrieved 19 October 2018 a b Bucholtz Erika 2001 Henri Hinrichsen und der Musikverlag C F Peters deutsch judisches Burgertum in Leipzig von 1891 bis 1938 Schriftenreihe wissenschaftlicher Abhandlungen des Leo Baeck Instituts in German Tubingen Mohr Siebeck pp 17 255 ISBN 3 16 147638 7 a b Henri Hinrichsen 1868 1942 goldschmidtschule leipzig de in German Retrieved 19 October 2018 a b Heise Birgit 2004 Reich an Klanggeraten dank 800 000 Goldmark 75 Jahre Musikinstrumentenmuseum PDF Universitat Leipzig in German University of Leipzig 129 130 Retrieved 18 January 2019 Music Publishing and Patronage C F Peters 1800 to the Holocaust Jewish Music Research Centre www jewish music huji ac il Retrieved 2021 11 15 Zeraschi Helmut Geschichte des Museums in Schriftenreihe des Musikinstrumenten Museums der Karl Marx Universitat Vol 2 Leipzig Musikinstrumenten Museum der Karl Marx Universitat 1977 Revealed The oddball who hid 1bn of art in his squalid flat and the extraordinary story of how his father who stole paintings for the Nazis conned Allied investigators www lootedart com Retrieved 2021 11 15 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link a b Familie Hinrichsen stolpersteine leipzig de in German Retrieved 19 October 2018 Funf Orchesterstucke in der Originalfassung fur grosses Orchester op 16 schoenbergmusic com Retrieved 18 January 2019 a b Bedeutende judische Personlichkeiten in Leipzig in German MDR 22 June 2005 Archived from the original on 24 April 2008 Retrieved 18 January 2019 Germany Gurlitt Case Overview www lootedart com Retrieved 2021 11 15 Germany returns latest Nazi looted work from Gurlitt art trove www lootedart com Retrieved 2021 11 15 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Art stolen by the Nazis hits close to home lootedart com Retrieved 2021 11 15 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Owners sought Owners of Cultural Property in Germany identifed sic by Claims Conference www lootedart com Retrieved 2021 11 15 External links EditLiterature by and about Henri Hinrichsen in the German National Library catalogue Henri Hinrichsen in German Leipzig Lexikon Stanton Family Collection at the Leo Baeck Institute New York Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Henri Hinrichsen amp oldid 1070325633, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
