Felizian Josef Moczik

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Organ in the Franciscan Church in Pressburg, where Moczik worked

Felizian Josef Moczik (born September 9, 1861 in Banská Štiavnica , † August 18, 1917 in Pressburg (Bratislava)) was a Slovak musician ( organist and choir director ) and painter .

Life

Moczik was among the Franciscans taught in Bratislava in organ and subsequently at the local Franciscan church organist. Although he made his profession in 1893, he became a secular priest after a reform in 1896. Then he worked as the house chaplain of Archduke Friedrich and founded and directed a boys' choir. One of his students was the Viennese composer Franz Schmidt . Moczik was also active as a painter and created numerous paintings.

Father Felizian's life came to a tragic end. As an organ expert, he gave the organ builder Karl Schönhofer an unfavorable testimony: he attacked him in front of the Franciscan Church in 1917, whereupon Moczik died two days later.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jan (Hans) Albrecht: Spomienky bratislavského hudobníka, Bratislava 1998, ISBN 80-967026-8-8 , p. 29f.
personal data
SURNAME Moczik, Felizian Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Slovak organist and choir director
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH Banská Štiavnica
DATE OF DEATH August 18, 1917
Place of death Pressburg