A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Bellermann, Johann

by Franz Gehring

BELLERMANN, Johann Joachim, born at Erfurt, 1735, visited Russia, and returned to become Director of the Gymnasium of his native town. He published very interesting 'Bemerkungen' on Russian airs, dances, and musical instruments (Erfurt, 1788). His son, Johann Friedrich, born at Erfurt, March 8, 1795, served in the war of independence (1813–15), studied at Berlin and Jena, and in 1819 became Professor, and in 1847 Director of the Gymnasium 'zum grauen Kloster' at Berlin. He was a great authority on ancient Greek music, and was especially known for his edition of the 'De anonymis scriptis de Musicâ,' and a work on the scales and notes of the Greeks. He died a few years since [App. p.542 "Feb. 4, 1874"]. His son Heinrich is now (1875) professor in the Berlin university, and author of an esteemed work on counterpoint.

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