Hermann Mendel (6 August 1834 – 26 October 1876) was a German
musicologist
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He founded the ''Musikalisches Conversations-Lexikon'', which was published in Berlin from 1870 on and was further edited by August Reissmann (1825-1903) after Mendel's death. His ''Taschenliederbuch'' with texts of more than 500 German songs reached countless editions.
Mendel died probably in Berlin at the age of 42.
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Otto Nicolai
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. Eine Biographie'', Berlin: Hermann Mendel 1866
Numerized – 2nd edition Berlin: Ludwig Heimann 1868
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Giacomo Meyerbeer
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. Eine Biographie'', Berlin: Ludwig Heimann 1868
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* ''Deutsches Taschen-Liederbuch''; Mode, Berlin 1917, 93. Aufl.
Founded by Hermann Mendel, continued by August Reissmann:
* ''Musikalisches Conversations-Lexikon'', Vol. 1, edited by Hermann Mendel, Berlin: Ludwig Heimann 1870,
Numerized – 2. Ausg. 1880
* ''Musikalisches Conversations-Lexikon''; Vol. 2. Oppenheim, Berlin 1872, 2. Ausg. 1880
* ''Musikalisches Conversations-Lexikon''; Vol. 3. Oppenheim, Berlin 1873, 2. Ausg. 1880
* ''Musikalisches Conversations-Lexikon'', Vol. 4, edited by Hermann Mendel, Berlin: Robert Oppenheim 1874
Numerizedt – 2. Ausg. 1880
* ''Musikalisches Conversations-Lexikon''; Vol. 5. Oppenheim, Berlin 1875, 2. Ausg. 1880
* ''Musikalisches Conversations-Lexikon''; Vol. 6. Oppenheim, Berlin 1876, 2. Ausg. 1881
* ''Musikalisches Conversations-Lexikon''; Vol. 7. Oppenheim, Berlin 1877, 2. Ausg. 1881
* ''Musikalisches Conversations-Lexikon''; Vol. 8. Oppenheim, Berlin 1877, 2. Ausg. 1882
* ''Musikalisches Conversations-Lexikon''; Vol. 9. Oppenheim, Berlin 1878, 2. Ausg. 1882
* ''Musikalisches Conversations-Lexikon'', Vol. 10, founded by Mendel, continued by Reissmann, Berlin: Robert Oppenheim 1878
Numerized – 2. Ausg. 1886
* ''Musikalisches Conversations-Lexikon''; Vol. 11. Oppenheim, Berlin 1879, 2. Ausg. 1887
* ''Musikalisches Conversations-Lexikon''; Erg.-Bd. Oppenheim, Berlin 1883
Further reading
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* Daniel Patrick Balestrini: ''Hermann Mendel und Gustav Modes Operntextbibliothek. Zur Popularisierung der Oper im Industriezeitalter''. Are, Mainz 2009, .
''Hermann Mendel und Gustav Modes Operntextbibliothek : zur Popularisierung der Oper im Industriezeitalter''
on WorldCat
References
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* Musiklexika bei Wikisource
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19th-century German musicologists
Scholars from the Kingdom of Prussia
1834 births
1876 deaths
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