Carl von Winterfeld

Carl Georg Vivigens von Winterfeld[1] (28 January 1784 – 19 February 1852)[1] was a German lawyer and musicologist.

[2] Winterfeld studied law at the University of Halle from 1803,[1] and was appointed as a judge in Breslau in 1816.

[2] After his return to Berlin in 1832, he was appointed Obertribunalrat, and in 1839 became an honorary member of the Prussian Academy of Arts.

[3][4] In 1812, he undertook a journey to Italy, where he made copies of compositions from the 16th to 18th centuries.

[5] Winterfeld married Wilhelmine von Thümen (20 June 1789 – 1 November 1845).