Ernst Tittel

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Ernst Tittel (born April 26, 1910 in Sternberg in Moravia, today Šternberk ; † July 28, 1969 in Vienna ) was an Austrian composer , organist and music theorist .

Life

Ernst Tittel studied at the Vienna Academy of Music Church music and composition , as well as at the University of Vienna musicology , where he in 1935 with a dissertation on " Simon Sechter as a church composer" (incl. Works) for Dr. phil. PhD. He worked as an organist in the Franziskanerkirche in Vienna , and he also worked - also as an organist - from 1934 to 1969 at the spiritual hour on Radio Vienna .

In 1936 Tittel was appointed lecturer for music theory at the Vienna Music Academy, in 1961 he was appointed full professor. In 1965 he was also given a teaching position for Musica sacra at the Catholic theological faculty of the University of Vienna .

His teaching activity led to the revision of the Gradus ad Parnassum by Johann Joseph Fux , which was published in Vienna in 1959 under the title Der neue Gradus . As a composer, he mainly created church music and choral works. Particularly noteworthy is his Small Festival Mass op. 37 , which is performed again and again in Austria to this day.

Ernst Tittel was awarded the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art (1960) for his commitment to Austria (among other things, he tried to improve the social position of church composers, together with Gerhard Frotz). His musical work was honored early on with various prizes, including the promotion award of the Austrian State Prize for Music in 1952 for his secular work "Polyhymnia".

His epoch-making church music, on the other hand, was crowned with the highest papal honor that he was the only church musician in Austria (!) Of the 20th century, the Commander's Cross of the Order of St. Gregory the Great.

As a music historian, Ernst Tittel wrote the profoundly researched history of Austrian church music, “Österreiche Kirchenmusik. Werden-Wachsen-Wirken ”, Herder 1961, a standard work that has enriched many generations of musicians.

Through the radio broadcasts of the Sunday mass from the Wr. Franziskanerkirche, Ernst Tittel was a well-known liturgical organist well beyond the country's borders.

He was buried in the Vienna Central Cemetery (10-19-90).

Awards

Gravestone Ernst Tittel

Textbooks (selection)

  • The new graduate . Vienna 1952
  • Austrian church music. Becoming-growing-working. Vienna 1961

Compositions (selection)

  • Missa super " Innsbruck, I have to let you ", op. 7b (1936)
  • Missa Mariana , op. 32 (1949)
  • Small Festival Mass , op.37 (1950)
  • Toccata and Fugue in E minor for organ , op 49 (1951)
  • Missa festiva in F , op. 52 (1951) (Klemens Maria Hofbauer - Mass)
  • Missa "Cum Jubilo" , op. 66 (1953)
  • Altöttinger Mother of God Mass , op.61 (1954)
  • Missa Gregoriana , op.62 (1954)
  • Toccata for organ , op.63 (1954)
  • Angel Mass (Missa de Angelis) , op.67 (1956)
  • Francis Mass , op.78 for mixed choir and organ (1964)
  • Klosterneuburg Fair (1968)
  • Missa "Laudate Dominum" , op. 84 (1969)
  • Intrada for organ, 3 trumpets in C and 3 trombones. (Last composition title)
  • Various spiritual a cappella choirs, including the popular “Jubilate Deo”.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c page about Ernst Tittel on the website of the music publisher Doblinger, accessed on December 31, 2010
  2. ↑ Entry about Ernst Tittel on the website of the Austria Forum , accessed on December 30, 2010
  3. ↑ outstanding artist award - music ( memorial from January 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on October 28, 2012

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personal data
SURNAME Tittel, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian composer, organist and music theorist
DATE OF BIRTH April 26, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Šternberk
DATE OF DEATH July 28, 1969
Place of death Vienna