Hermann Mendel

{{short description|German musicologist}}

Hermann Mendel (6 August 1834 – 26 October 1876) was a German musicologist.

He founded the Musikalisches Conversations-Lexikon,[https://archive.org/details/musikalischescon02mend Musikalisches Conversations-Lexikon] on Internat Archiv 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.[https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Mendel%2C+Hermann%2C+1834-1876%22 Musikalisches Conversations-Lexikon], retrieved 21 September 2020

Mendel died probably in Berlin at the age of 42.

Work

  • Otto Nicolai. Eine Biographie, Berlin: Hermann Mendel 1866 ([https://books.google.com/books?id=6RYoAAAAYAAJ&q=Hermann+Mendel Numerized]) – 2nd edition Berlin: Ludwig Heimann 1868 ([https://books.google.com/books?id=xQdBAAAAMAAJ&q=Hermann+Mendel+Heimann Numerized])
  • Giacomo Meyerbeer. Eine Biographie, Berlin: Ludwig Heimann 1868 ([https://books.google.com/books?id=BHbqaQdyd7wC&q=Hermann+Mendel Numerized])
  • 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, ([https://archive.org/stream/musikalischescon01mend#page/n3/mode/2up 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 ([https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_QfM5AAAAIAAJ#page/n1/mode/2up 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 ([https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_eTIpAAAAYAAJ#page/n3/mode/2up 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

  • {{Cite ADB|21|316|316|Mendel, Hermann|Robert Eitner|ADB:Mendel, Hermann}}
  • Daniel Patrick Balestrini: Hermann Mendel und Gustav Modes Operntextbibliothek. Zur Popularisierung der Oper im Industriezeitalter. Are, Mainz 2009, {{ISBN|978-3-924522-32-2}}.[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/755242353 Hermann Mendel und Gustav Modes Operntextbibliothek : zur Popularisierung der Oper im Industriezeitalter] on WorldCat

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