Christian Döbereiner
(1874-1961)
A pioneer, who truly merits this distinction
A photograph of Christian Döbereiner, examining a baryton in a museum.
In addition to championing the viol in Germany and the USA, Mr. Döbereiner also edited a substantial number of works for the viola da gamba and for the baryton.
10.1936
Christian Döbereiner brachte als Dirigent des Münchner Bach-Vereins Werke von J. S. Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, Franz Xaver Richter, Johann Stamitz, Johann Christian Bach und Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart zur Wiedergabe. Ferner spielte er zum 1. Mal seit urdenklichen Zeiten das Baryton, nämlich im Divertimento für Baryton, Viola und Bass von Joseph Haydn.As director of the Munich Bach Society Christian Döbreiner performed works by J. S. Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, Franz Xaver Richter, Johann Stamitz, Johann Christian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Further he played for the first time since time immemorial the Baryton, namely, in the Divertimento for baryton, viola and bass by Joseph Haydn.
This performance took place undoubtedly on the baryton of our collection, which was at the time exactly one to two years old!
Döbereiner was the one that actually ordered this instrument from the Munich violin-maker,
Ferdinand Wilhelm Jaura. Jaura made exactly four of these instruments.
Sehr geehrter Herr Professor Vazquez,
hallo Claudinein der Anlage sende ich die 2. Seite des Baryton-Konzertes vom 31.8.1937. Meines Wissens war dies das 1. Konzert meines Großvaters mit Baryton.
Ich freue mich, daß dieses Instrument in Ihren Händen ist. Meine Tante Christine Döbereiner hat es damals unter der Bedingung verkauft, dass der Käufer auf diesem Instrument auch spielen kann. Denn ein Instrument soll, so wurde mir gesagt, ohne gespielt zu werden, seinen Klang verlieren.
Vielen Dank nochmals und herzliche Grüße nach Wien und Frankreich
Ihr
Klaus Döbereiner
He was a prominent soloists who previously owned and played the bass viola da gamba by Joachim Tielke 1683, now in the collection.
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Christian Döbereiner in 1905 with the bass viola da gamba by Joachim Tielke at the beginning of the renaissance of playing of the viola da gamba, of historical music and of old music on original instruments.
Concert on the 18th of November, 1905
Erste Veranstaltung der von Christian Döbereiner mitbegründeten “Vereinigung für Alte Musik” in München. Aufgeführt wurde insbesondere die Sonate in E-Moll für Viola da Gamba von Karl Friedrich Abel. Zuvor wurde diese Sonate lange Zeit nur auf einem Cello gespielt.
(The first event of the “Association for Old Music” in Münich, co-founded by Christian Döbereiner. Particularly noteworthy the performance of the sonata in e-minor by Karl Friedrich Abel , which had for the longest time been performed only on the violoncello.)
1907
Johann Sebastian Bach’s Matthäuspassion wurde unter dem Dirigat von Felix Mottl zum ersten Mal in München ungekürzt aufgeführt, wobei Christian Döbereiner die “Aria per Viola da Gamba e Basso “Komm süsses Kreuz” zum ersten Mal seit Bach´s Zeiten in Originalbesetzung spielte.
(The St. Matthew Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach was performed for the first time (in modern times) in the unabridged version under the direction of Felix Mottl, wherein Christian Döbereiner played the Aria per Viola da gamba e Basso, “Komm süsses Kreuz” for the first time since Bach’s time in the original instrumentation.)
A photograph of Christian Döbereiner, many years later, examining the viola da gamba built by Joachim Tielke in 1691 for Elector Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz, now in the Bavarian National Museum of Munich. In addition to championing the viol in Germany and the USA, Mr. Döbereiner also authored one of the first tutors for playing on the viol da gamba, which was published very early into the 20th C. He edited a substantial number of works for the viola da gamba and for the baryton.
The German Association for Early Music in 1906.
Christian Döbereiner founded this organisation.
Here he is shown with a seven-string German viola da gamba.
Stra Li Stadelmann (harpsichord), Antonio Huber (viola d’amore)
See also:
Bass viola da gamba by Joachim Tielke, 1683
Sonate pour viole seule by Telemann played on the Tielke previously owned by Döbereiner
He also owned and played another instrument in the collection, the baryton by Ferdinand Wilhelm Jaura
Adagio – trio n°114 – Haydn on the Baryton by Ferdinand Wilhelm Jaura
Further information on this pioneer of the viola da gamba and early music:
Christian Döbereiner on Wikipedia.de
This viola da gamba was later owned by Eva Heinitz