Daniel Jelensperger (1 April 1799 – 30 May 1831) was a French

musicologist Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some m ...

Life

Born in

Mulhouse Mulhouse (; Alsatian: or , ; ; meaning '' mill house'') is a city of the Haut-Rhin department, in the Grand Est region, eastern France, close to the Swiss and German borders. It is the largest city in Haut-Rhin and second largest in Alsace a ...

, Jelensperger studied with

Anton Reicha Anton (Antonín, Antoine) Joseph Reicha (Rejcha) (26 February 1770 – 28 May 1836) was a Czech-born, Bavarian-educated, later naturalized French composer and music theorist. A contemporary and lifelong friend of Beethoven, he is now best rem ...

at the

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...

where he later taught counterpoint and musical composition. In 1830 he published his harmony treaty ''L'harmonie au commencement du dix-neuvième siècle et méthode pour l'etudier'' in Paris, which was published in 1833 by

Breitkopf & Härtel Breitkopf & Härtel is the world's oldest music publishing house. The firm was founded in 1719 in Leipzig by Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf. The catalogue currently contains over 1,000 composers, 8,000 works and 15,000 music editions or books on ...

in Leipzig under the title ''Die Harmonie im Anfang des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts''. His views were far more influenced by the German musical tradition as represented by Abbé Vogler and Weber than by contemporary French music. Jelensperger died in Paris.

Bibliography

* Lucien Chevaillier: ''Musiciens d'Alsace (XIXe siècle). Daniel Jelensperger et Henri Reber.'' In: ''Vie en Alsace'', Vol. 1 (1923), Heft 2, , * David Damschroder: ''Thinking about Harmony. Historical Perspectives on Analysis''. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2008 , . * ''

Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung The ''Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung'' (''General music newspaper'') was a German-language periodical published in the 19th century. Comini (2008) has called it "the foremost German-language musical periodical of its time". It reviewed musical e ...

'', N°. 32, August 1831 1799 births 1831 deaths Writers from Mulhouse Conservatoire de Paris alumni Academic staff of the Conservatoire de Paris 19th-century French musicologists 19th-century French musicians 19th-century musicologists {{France-music-bio-stub