Anton Kiefer

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Anton Kiefer (born November 5, 1627 in Solothurn , † February 10, 1672 in the Mariastein Monastery ) was a Swiss Benedictine monk , composer, organist, prior and librarian of the Mariastein Monastery.

Life

P. Anton (Johann Rudolf) Kiefer was born in Solothurn as the son of Jakob Kiefer and Magdalena Byß. He was the nephew of Abbot Fintan Kiefer. No data are guaranteed about admission to the monastery school in Mariastein; he made his profession on January 22nd, 1644.

As a student in the convent in Mariastein, Father Anton received extensive musical training; but there is evidence of his organ studies at the monastery in Schönenwerd after his profession (August 1644 to December 1645). After studying philosophy in the Muri monastery (from 1645) and being ordained a priest in Mariastein on April 3, 1652, Fr. Anton Kiefer took on duties in the monastery as a teacher at the monastery’s own theological school, as a prior, librarian, novice master and brother instructor. Father Anton Kiefer died on February 10, 1672.

Works

P. Anton Kiefer composed exclusively unaccompanied vocal works for 4 or 8 voices:

  • Marian antiphons ( Alma redemptoris mater , Ave regina caelorum , Salve Regina ), (undated) four-part
  • Coram sanctissimo , Hymn (1666), four-part
  • Domine ad adjuvandum me festina and Gloria patri et filio et spiritui sancto : setting in the 8 psalm tones for 8 voices, (undated)
  • Lytaniae lauretanae à 4 (3 works) and Lytaniae Lytaniae de OO.SStis. Maiores S. Marci et Rog , (undated)
  • Clamor Filiorum / Israel Contra Dominum / Pro Hebdomada majori : four-part Passion settings based on Matthew, Markus, Lukas and Johannes, (undated)

They are preserved in the music collection of the Benedictine monastery in Mariastein .

literature

  • LR Schmidlin : The Solothurn writers in the XVII. Century. In: Journal for Swiss Church History , 6 (1912), p. 304.
  • 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. 199-200.
  • 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 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lukas Schenker: Fintan Kieffer. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . August 12, 2007 , accessed July 2, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Hellmut Gutzwiller: Schönenwerd (pen). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . October 23, 2012 , accessed July 2, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Falsobordons theorem
personal data
SURNAME Kiefer, Anton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kiefer, Johann Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss Benedictine monk, composer, organist, prior and librarian
DATE OF BIRTH November 5, 1627
PLACE OF BIRTH Solothurn
DATE OF DEATH February 10, 1672
Place of death Mariastein Monastery