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Many of the thirteen children of Daniel Itzig
Daniel Itzig

Daniel Itzig was a Court Jew of Kings Frederick II of Prussia and Frederick William II of Prussia of Kingdom of Prussia.Itzig was born in Berlin....
 and Miriam Wulff, and their descendants and spouses, had significant impact on both Jewish and German
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 social and cultural (especially musical) history. Some instances are set out below.

ied Levin Jacob Salomon.

Their son Jakob Salomon
Jakob Salomon Bartholdy

Jakob Salomon Bartholdy was a Prussian diplomat, born Jakob Salomon in Berlin of Jewish parentage, and educated at the University of Halle....
 (1774-1825) converted to Christianity
Christianity

Christianity is a Monotheistic religion #Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus as New Testament view on Jesus' life....
 and took the surname Bartholdy.






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Many of the thirteen children of Daniel Itzig
Daniel Itzig

Daniel Itzig was a Court Jew of Kings Frederick II of Prussia and Frederick William II of Prussia of Kingdom of Prussia.Itzig was born in Berlin....
 and Miriam Wulff, and their descendants and spouses, had significant impact on both Jewish and German
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 social and cultural (especially musical) history. Some instances are set out below.

Bella Itzig (1749-1824)

Married Levin Jacob Salomon.

Their son Jakob Salomon
Jakob Salomon Bartholdy

Jakob Salomon Bartholdy was a Prussian diplomat, born Jakob Salomon in Berlin of Jewish parentage, and educated at the University of Halle....
 (1774-1825) converted to Christianity
Christianity

Christianity is a Monotheistic religion #Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus as New Testament view on Jesus' life....
 and took the surname Bartholdy. He was for a time Prussian consul in Italy. He persuaded his brother-in-law Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy

Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy was a German people Jewish banker and philanthropist. He was the father of Felix Mendelssohn and Fanny Mendelssohn....
, son of Moses Mendelssohn
Moses Mendelssohn

Moses Mendelssohn was a German Jewish philosopher to whose ideas the renaissance of European Jews, Haskalah is indebted. For some he was the third Moses heralding a new era in the history of the Jewish people....
, to adopt his surname.

Their daughter Lea (1777-1842) married Abraham Mendelssohn; they were the parents of Felix Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn

Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, born, and generally known in English-speaking countries, as Felix Mendelssohn was a Germany composer, pianist, organist and conducting of the early Romantic music period....
 and Fanny Mendelssohn
Fanny Mendelssohn

Fanny C?cilie Mendelssohn , later Fanny Hensel, was a Germany pianist and composer, the sister of the composer Felix Mendelssohn and granddaughter of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn....
.

Isaac Daniel Itzig (1750-1806)

Founded with his brother-in-law David Friedländer
David Friedländer

David Friedl?nder, sometimes spelled Friedlander was a Germany Jewish banker, writer and communal leader....
 the Jewish Free School in Berlin
Berlin

Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
 in 1778, the first of its kind.

Susanna Itzig (1752-1814)

Married David Friedlander, joint founder of the Jewish Free School in Berlin, who employed Moses Mendelssohn
Moses Mendelssohn

Moses Mendelssohn was a German Jewish philosopher to whose ideas the renaissance of European Jews, Haskalah is indebted. For some he was the third Moses heralding a new era in the history of the Jewish people....
 in his silk factory, and founded the bank of 'Mendelssohn and Friedländer' with Moses's son, Joseph. Friedländer was a major force in the movement for Jewish religious reform.

Elias Itzig (b. 1755)

Elias was the father of the lawyer Julius Eduard Hitzig
Julius Eduard Hitzig

Julius Eduard Hitzig was a German people author and civil servant.Born into the wealthy and influential Jewish Itzig family, he was between 1799 and 1806 a Prussian civil servant, became Criminal Counsel at the Berlin Supreme Court in 1815 and its director in 1825....
, butt of many gibes by Heinrich Heine
Heinrich Heine

Christian Johann Heinrich Heine was a journalist, essayist, and one of the most significant German literature German Romanticism poets. He is remembered chiefly for selections of his lyric poetry, many of which were set to music in the form of lieder by German composers....
, and of Henriette Itzig who married Nathan (Carl Theodore) Mendelssohn, son of Moses Mendelssohn.

Bonem Itzig (b. 1756)

Father of Georg Heinrich Friedrich Hitzig, architect of many 19th century Berlin buildings, including the Stock Exchange built on the site of the Mendelssohn house.

Fanny (Feigele) Itzig
Fanny von Arnstein

Baroness Franziska "Fanny" von Arnstein, born V?gele Itzig was a leader of society in Vienna.Fanny Arnstein was born the daughter of Daniel Itzig, and was a member of the extensive and influential Jewish Itzig family....
 (1758-1818)

Married the Viennese banker Baron Nathan Adam von Arnstein. They were both patrons and acquaintances of Mozart in Vienna. Their daughter, Henriette von Pereira Arnstein, was a constant correspondent of her cousin, Felix Mendelssohn's mother Lea.

Caecilie (Zipperche) Itzig (1760-1836)

Married the Viennese banker Freiherr Bernhard von Eskeles
Bernhard von Eskeles

Baron Bernhard von Eskeles was an Austrians banker/financier.He was the posthumous son of Rabbi Berush Eskeles, son of the Polish-Moravian Rabbi Gabriel Eskeles....
, who joined his brother-in-law Arnstein
Arnstein (onomastics)

Arnstein may refer to:* Arnstein, a town in Germany* Arnstein Abbey in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany* Arnstein Airport, Ontario* Palais Arnstein, Vienna...
 (see above) in partnership. They were patrons of Mozart and also of Ignaz Moscheles
Ignaz Moscheles

Ignaz Moscheles was a Bohemian composer and piano virtuoso, whose career after his early years was based initially in London, and later at Leipzig, where he succeeded his friend and sometime pupil Felix Mendelssohn as head of the Conservatoire....
 who gave piano lessons to Caecilie.

Sarah Itzig (1761-1854)

Married Solomon Levy. A talented keyboard player, she was the favorite pupil of Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach , the second child and eldest son of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach, was a German composer and performer....
 and supported the widow of Carl Philip Emmanuel Bach. She performed the harpsichord part at the premiere of his Concerto for Fortepiano and Harpsichord by Carl Philip Emmanuel Bach, and probably commissioned the piece. She took a strong interest in the musical education of her great-nephew Felix Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn

Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, born, and generally known in English-speaking countries, as Felix Mendelssohn was a Germany composer, pianist, organist and conducting of the early Romantic music period....
, recommending Zelter
Carl Friedrich Zelter

Carl Friedrich Zelter was a Germany composer, conductor and teacher of music....
 as his teacher. Her unique collection of Bach manuscripts was left to the Berlin Singakademie
Berlin Singakademie

The Berlin Singakademie is a musical society founded in Berlin in 1791 by Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, harpsichordist to the court of Prussia, on the model of the 18th century London Academy of Ancient Music....
, in whose concerts she often performed. It was she who gave the manuscript of Bach's St. Matthew Passion to Mendelssohn in 1825; the result was that he led the modern premiere (the first performance since the death of Bach) in 1829, contributing more than any other event to the 19th-Century "Bach Revival."

See also

  • Itzig
    Itzig

    Itzig may mean:* The Itzig family, famous for its contribution to Jewish and German cultural history* Julius Eduard Hitzig, born Isaac Elias Itzig...
    , Hitzig
    Hitzig

    Hitzig is the last name of:* Eduard Hitzig , German brain scientist* Ferdinand Hitzig , German Protestant theologian* Friedrich Hitzig , German Jewish architect...
  • List of German Jews
    List of German Jews

    The Jewish presence in Germany is older than Christianity; the first Jewish population came with the Romans to the city Cologne. A "Golden Age" in the first millennium saw the emergence of the Ashkenazi Jews, while the persecution and expulsion that followed the Crusades led to the creation of Yiddish and an overall shift eastwards....