Albert Anglberger

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Albert Anglberger (* 1942 in Lochen am See ) is an Austrian composer , church musician and university professor .

Life

At the age of twelve Anglberger came to the Episcopal Gymnasium Petrinum in Linz / Urfahr , where the foundation stone for his path to becoming a musician was laid. His artistic development was clearly influenced by the musical design, which was mainly practiced there for liturgical celebrations.

As a teenager he composed and arranged pieces for liturgy and school celebrations and was able to prove his improvisational skills on this instrument as an organist . Upon completion of the high school he studied at the Academy of Music in Vienna choral conducting , church music and orchestra - conducting .

Immediately after completing his studies, he went on numerous concert tours with the boys 'choirs for six years as the conductor of the Vienna Boys ' Choir.

In 1972 he was appointed cathedral music director in Graz. There he took over the position under the interim management of O.Univ.-Prof. Ernst Triebel founded and rebuilt the cathedral choir, which he made an important part of cultural life in the Styrian capital by maintaining the classical church music repertoire and numerous premieres of commissioned works by modern composers.

In 1984 he was appointed professor for choir and ensemble conducting at the Mozarteum in Salzburg , where he was able to pass on his knowledge and experience to budding church musicians until his retirement in 2010. In addition to his many years of activity as head of the church music department, he reactivated the university choir of the Paris-Lodron University of Salzburg and founded the chamber choir " Collegium Musicum Salzburg ".

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Severin Prassl: "The Graz Dommusik under Albert Anglberger 1972-1984", 2017, Art University of Graz
  2. ↑ Website of the Collegium Musicum Salzburg ( Memento from August 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ O. Univ.-Prof. Albert Anglberger from the website of the Paris Lodron University Salzburg, accessed on August 21, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Anglberger, Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian composer, church musician and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Punch at the lake