Gustav Schilling (November 3, 1805 - March 1880 [1] ) - German Ph.D., musicologist, music lexicographer and music writer.
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Born in Hanover, studied theology in Göttingen and Halle, but then became interested in studying music and devoted his whole life to him [2] . Of great importance is his work "Universallexikon der Tonkunst", seven volumes of which appeared in 1834-1835, thanks to this work he is best known.
In 1830, Schilling became director of a music school and founded the Deutsche Nationalverein für Musik und ihre Wissenschaft musical society in Stuttgart. In this society were members Cherubini, Meyerbeer, Spontini, Spur, Schneider, Lahner. In 1857 he moved to New York, where he founded and led a music school. Subsequently, he left for Montreal, and spent the last years of his life in Burlington, Nebraska.
Of the works of Schilling are known: "Musikalisches Handwörterbuch etc." (Stuttgart, 1830); "Encyclopädie der gesammten musicalischen Wissenschaften etc." (ib., 1835-1840); “Versuch einer Philosophie des Schönen in der Musik etc.” (Mainz, 1838); "Polyphonomos etc." (Stuttgart, 1839) and others.
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- Schilling, Gustav // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.