Fortunatus Cavallo
Fortunatus Cavallo (* 1738 near Augsburg , † 1801 in Regensburg ), also Fortunat Ferdinand Cavallo , was a German conductor and composer.
Act
The church musician was a student of Joseph Riepel and worked mainly in the area around Regensburg , where he held the office of cathedral music director from 1769 to 1801 . His son Wenzeslaus Cavallo succeeded him as cathedral music director . Until 1994, Fortunatus Cavallo was the last cathedral conductor who did not belong to the clergy.
His work includes numerous masses, symphonies and chamber music and other works that Johann Georg Mettenleiter mentions without naming sources.
literature
- Siegfried Gmeinwieser: Catholic church music. In: Thomas Emmerig (Red.): Music history of Regensburg. Pustet, Regensburg 2006, ISBN 3-7917-2008-2 , pp. 75-97.
Web links
- Fortunatus Cavallo in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Heike Nasritdinova: Fortunatus Cavallo . Entry in the database of the Oberpfälzer Kulturbund (currently not available)
Individual evidence
- ↑ domspatzen.de
- ↑ Robert Eitner : Biographical-Bibliographical Sources-Lexicon of Musicians and Music Scholars .... (1900)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Johann Josef Michl |
Domkapellmeister at Regensburg Cathedral 1839–1871 |
Wenceslas Cavallo |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cavallo, Fortunatus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cavallo, Fortunat Ferdinand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Kapellmeister and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1738 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | near Augsburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1801 |
| Place of death | regensburg |