Ambros Stierlin

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Ambros Stierlin (born April 21, 1767 in Säckingen ; † September 21, 1806 in the Mariastein Monastery ) was a Swiss Benedictine monk , collegiate bandmaster, composer and organist of the Mariastein Monastery.

Life

P. Ambros (Franz) Stierlin was born in Säckingen as the son of councilor Franz Stierlin. He studied in Mariastein and made his profession on November 1, 1789 . He was ordained a priest on June 19, 1791. He then worked as a professor of philosophy and theology at the in-house theological school.

His actual field of activity was music, where he shaped the musical life of the Mariasteiner Konvent at the end of the 18th century as a collegiate bandmaster, organist and composer. P. Ambros Stierlin earned a special merit by introducing the then largely unknown works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Joseph Haydn in copies and early prints in Mariastein and thus contributing to an unusually early reception of the works of the so-called “Viennese Classic”.

When the French revolutionary troops invaded in 1798, P. Ambros returned to Säckingen. The other station in exile was St. Märgen Monastery in the Black Forest. On June 6, 1804, Father Ambros Stierlin returned to Mariastein and took over the management of the school opened in the pilgrim inn for the children of the area. P. Ambros died on September 21, 1806.

Works

In the Catalogus Musici Chori Beinwilensis ad Petram BM Virginis from 1816 106 mostly sacred works are listed; 78 of them are still preserved in the music collection of the Benedictine monastery in Mariastein (selection):

  • Symphonie d'un clavecin ou Orgue avec Deux Violons Viole et Basse composée par Fr. Ambroise Stierlin , op.14, (1789)
  • Responsoria pro matutinis tenebrarum à Canto & Alto, Tenore & Basso, Organo cum cello obligato (1791)
  • Op. 1: Missae (1793), contains works for four voices, strings and organ: Mass (D minor) / Mass (C major) / Mass (F major) / Mass (G major) / Mass (B. Major) / Mass (C major) / Mass (D major) / Hymns ( Gertrudis arca numinis , Avete solitudinis claustrique mites incolae , Veni sancte spiritus reple ) / 13 Marian antiphons ( Alma redemptoris mater , Ave regina caelorum ave domina angelorum , Regina caeli laetare alleluia , Salve regina mater misericordiae ) / 25 Magnificat tonings
  • Masses for 3 voices, choir and organ
  • Sonatas for violin and piano

literature

  • Rudolf Henggeler : Profession books of the Benedictine abbeys St. Martin in Disentis, St. Vinzenz in Beinwil and UL Frau von Mariastein, St. Leodegar and St. Mauritius in the courtyard of Lucerne, All Saints in Schaffhausen, St. Georg zu Stein am Rhein, Sta. Maria zu Wagenhausen, Holy Cross and St. Johannes Ev. zu Trub, St. Johann im Thurtal. Zug 1955, pp. 229-230.
  • Gabriella Hanke Knaus, music for the Mariastein monastery church through four centuries. In: Mariastein , March / April 2014, No. 2, pp. 4–10. ISSN  1664-4948

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Catalogus Musici Chori Beinwilensis ad Petram B: M: Virginis ano Millesimo octingendesimo decimo Sesto par Fr. Trup Fehr profession. Spl: Joh. Nep: Storck OAMD Gl , [1816], [Ms.]; Music collection of the Benedictine monastery in Mariastein
  2. ↑ http://www.musiksammlung.ch (D)

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personal data
SURNAME Stierlin, Ambros
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stierlin, Franz (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss Benedictine monk, collegiate bandmaster, composer and organist
DATE OF BIRTH April 21, 1767
PLACE OF BIRTH Säckingen
DATE OF DEATH September 21, 1806
Place of death Mariastein Monastery