Aemilian Rosengart

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Æmilian Joseph Rosengart , OSB (born March 29, 1757 in Kirchheim , † May 29, 1810 in Tannheim ) was a Swabian theologian , philosopher , composer and musician .

biography

Æmilian Rosengart was a contemporary of Mozart and Haydn . He attended an Augustinian school in Ulm . Rosengart made his profession in 1775 and was ordained a priest in 1781 . In the Benedictine imperial abbey of Ochsenhausen he taught as a professor of theology and philosophy and was appointed music director by Abbot Romuald Welt in 1795, after all he was deputy abbot for a short time from 1803 during the secularization . After that he was pastor in Tannheim until his death.

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About 90 of his compositions of sacred choral music have been preserved. Rosengart shows a great variety of styles in his sacred arias. More than half of these are hymns and are usually composed of well-known texts. Rosengart wrote mostly for four-part choirs or solo parts with organ, strings, often two flutes and two horns.

Well-known works are:

  • Te Deum Laudamus
  • Ave Maris Stella
  • Cantat Domino
  • Veni Sancte Spiritus
  • Rorate Coeli
  • Christe Redemptor Omnium

literature

  • Hans-Bruno Ernst: The in-house monastery composer. P. Aemilian Rosengart . In: The second treasure of Ochsenhausen. The young musicians in Baden-Württemberg and their state academy . Federsee-Verlag, Bad Buchau 2005, ISBN 3-925171-66-5 , pp. 68-73
  • Georg Günther: A subject suitable for music. The composer Aemilian Rosengart (1757–1810) from the Ochsenhausen monastery . In: Church Music Yearbook . 81, 1997, pp. 125-158
  • Michael Gerhard Kaufmann: “A very good organist and tonsezer”. For the 250th birthday of Aemilian Rosengart (1757-1810) . In: Musica sacra . 127th year 2007, pp. 363-365

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personal data
SURNAME Rosengart, Aemilian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rosengart, Æmilian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swabian theologian, philosopher, composer and musician
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1757
PLACE OF BIRTH Kirchheim in Swabia
DATE OF DEATH May 29, 1810
Place of death Tannheim