Anton Walter (music writer)

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Anton Walter (born June 15, 1845 in Haimhausen , † October 1, 1896 in Reichenhall ) was a German church music writer.

life and work

In 1868 Walter was ordained a Catholic priest. During the last 14 years he worked in Landshut as a high school teacher. In 1890 he was promoted to Dr. theol. hc and appointed clergyman in 1896 .

From 1879 Walter worked as a permanent employee on the music magazines Cäcilienkalender and church music yearbook , Musica sacra and the flying sheets for Catholic church music . He published Dr. Franz Witt, founder and first general president of the Cecilia Society: A picture of life. (Regensburg 1886, 2nd edition 1906).

swell

  • Wilibald Gurlitt , Carl Dahlhaus (ed.): Riemann Music Lexicon. In three volumes and two supplementary volumes. Walter, Anton. 12th completely revised edition. 2. Person part L – ZB Schotts-Söhne, Mainz 1961, p. 887 (first edition: 1882).

Individual references and comments

  1. ↑ a b c Riemann Musiklexikon, 1961.
  2. ↑ The subject is Franz Xaver Witt .
personal data
SURNAME Walter, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German church music writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH Haimhausen
DATE OF DEATH October 1, 1896
Place of death Reichenhall