Franz Aumann
Franz Josef Aumann (also: Aumon, Auman; born February 24, 1728 in Traismauer , Lower Austria ; † March 30, 1797 in St. Florian , Upper Austria ) was an Austrian composer .
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Franz Josef Aumann was the son of a schoolmaster and organist. Michael Haydn and Johann Georg Albrechtsberger were among his early friends as a court choirboy .
In 1753 he entered the Canons' Monastery of St. Florian and was appointed Regens chori there in 1755 . In Vienna he received thorough bass lessons from Giovanni Boog . He devoted himself with particular love and care to the cultivation of sacred and secular music in the monastery and exercised a far-reaching influence on Austrian church music through his numerous compositions .
He wrote primarily church music, which among other things still shows elements of baroque music. Among his works are fairs , Psalm compositions with regard, Requiems , but also musical comedies , Divertimenti and other instrumental pieces (including symphonies ).
With his music he was under the influence of the Venetian and Neapolitan schools as well as the Viennese classical music . Still well known in the 19th century and highly valued by Anton Bruckner , who was organist at St. Florian from 1848 to 1855, he was largely forgotten later. Of his numerous church works, Bruckner admired not only their profound counterpoint, but above all the colorful harmony. In 1879 he added three trumpets to Aumann's Ecce quomodo moritur justus and Tenebrae factae sunt .
Works (selection)
- Missa ex F (organ solo mass) for four-part choir (solos) and organ (instr. Ad lib.)
- Be merry, you shepherds (Chorus Pastoralis)
- Requiem for soprano, alto, bass, (three-part choir), two horns, two violins and bc
literature
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Aumann, Franz. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 301.
- Johannes Hollnsteiner: Aumann, Franz S .. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 456 ( digitized version ).
- Uwe Harten, Anton Bruckner. A manual . Residenz Verlag, Salzburg, 1996. ISBN 3-7017-1030-9 .
Web links
- Works by Franz Joseph Aumann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry on Franz Aumann in the database of the state's memory of the history of the state of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Aumann, Franz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Aumann, Franz Josef (full name); Aumon, Franz Josef; Auman, Franz Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 24, 1728 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Traismauer , Lower Austria |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 30, 1797 |
| Place of death | Sankt Florian (Linz-Land) , Upper Austria |