Martin Gimm: Eine Episode im Leben von Franz Liszt: Die Familie Hans Conon von der Gabelentz in Altenburg

Thanks to newly discovered materials, ambiguities in Franz Liszt’s biography from 1865 to 1867, marked by closer dealings with the town Altenburg in Thuringia and the nearby village Poschwitz, can be clarified. This information rests on unpublished family archives of the orientalist and linguist Hans Conon v.d. Gabelentz, now available in the Thuringian State Archives in Altenburg. Liszt’s musical interest in the Gabelentz family was awakened through Hans Conon’s wife, the composer Henriette von Linsingen, who was then known beyond the confines of their immediate region. The Kapellmeister of the court in Altenburg, Friedrich Wilhelm Stade, a friend of Liszt’s since their days in Jena, served as mediator between Liszt and Frau von Linsingen. This article offers, in addition, the first provisional overview of her oeuvre, which researchers have managed to neglect up to today.

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