Friedrich Schiller
German
Biography
Friedrich Schiller is mentioned in connection with Johann Andreas Streicher, who attended the renowned Karl Schule at Mannheim together with him; the two retained their friendship for the rest of Streicher's life. The text supplies no further biographical detail about Schiller himself—no dates, works, or additional context are given. His appearance here serves only to establish the caliber of Streicher's schoolboy circle and the lasting personal bond between the two men. This single fact nonetheless situates Schiller as a documented personal acquaintance of a leading figure in the Streicher piano-making family, linking the literary and musical-instrument worlds of eighteenth-century Germany within the author's account of the industry's key personalities and their social circles.
Highlights
- Attended the Karl Schule at Mannheim with Johann Andreas Streicher, a friendship that lasted the rest of Streicher's life
Source
Alfred Dolge, Pianos and Their Makers, Vol. I (1911).
Public domain.