Der Prag-Aufenthalt von Abbé Georg Joseph Vogler in den Jahren 1801 und 1802 unter besonderer Berücksichtigung seiner Lehrtätigkeit und Orgelbauprojekte
Abbé Georg Joseph Vogler's stay in Prague in 1801 and 1802 with particular focus on his teaching and organ building projects

Summary/Abstract: Although Vogler's stay in Prague was relatively short, there are nevertheless many things to write about this time. Being employed as a professor at a renowned university is something, that most of the people who got in such a position have for their lifetime. So it's not very common that Vogler didn't stay in this position, but just left after only one year. On the one hand, it's understandable, because Vogler lived rarely one year solely in one town and therefore this one year in Prague is already an unusual long time for him.On the other hand there's the question, what Vogler planned, when he came to Prague and wanted to have an employment as professor. Maybe he really wanted to settle down as pensioner for a longer time? Or should this professorship at the renowned Charles University of Prague only be another honouring in his collection?For the fact, that Vogler wanted to settle down in Prague, there's also the argument, that he organised the costly transport of his Orchestrion to Prague and afterwards let it build for a longer time in a hall, which he also needed to have rebuilt.In the end, as a resolution of failed concerts, an organ modification with many negative critics and empty lectures, Vogler left Prague.He was an innovative organ and music theorist, but too much, so that he sometimes totally worked without any empirical values. Such a characteristic and the fact, that he travelled big distances and areas, makes him one of the most interesting persons of european music history.

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