Franz Joseph Zierer

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Portrait medallion by Franz Joseph Zierer, Meidlinger artist memorial stone by Fritz Hänlein, 1926

Franz Joseph Zierer (born October 27, 1822 in Alservorstadt ; † May 30, 1903 in Trattenbach ) was an Austrian teacher , organist , church musician and composer .

Life

Zierer grew up in Altmannsdorf . There he received his first violin and viola lessons from senior teacher Joseph Schmidt. His teachers for singing , piano and organ were Adam Aigner and Zierer's uncle Johann Knoll in Hetzendorf . Zierer began composing at the age of 12 . A mass , Tantum ergo and mass deposits were performed in the parish church of St. Oswald in Altmannsdorf. From 1836 to 1841 he attended the normal school at St. Anna in Vienna's 1st district . He studied organ and counterpoint with F. Volkert and Ambros Rieder as well as with Joseph Drechsler and Simon Sechter .

In 1841 Zierer became a school assistant, organist and Regens Chori at the K. k. Castle chapel in Hetzendorf. He also gave private music lessons, and Archduchess Maria Anna, daughter of Emperor Franz II , supported him. Zierer's works have been performed in Hetzendorf, Altmannsdorf, Inzersdorf , Laxenburg , Himberg , Meidling , Hietzing , Lainz and Atzgersdorf as well as in Vienna's churches. In 1853 Zierer became a temporary boy in the court chapel. He was acquainted with Franz Krenn and Johann von Herbeck . In 1877 he met Franz Liszt . Richard Wagner recommended Zierer's church music to the Bavarian royal court. Zierer's Mass No. 12 in B flat major (1857), which was given to Pope Pius IX in 1871 , became very well known . was dedicated on the occasion of his 25th Pope anniversary ( Fugenmesse or Pius Mass ). The exhibition no. 19 in F Major created Zierer for the Silver Jubilee Emperor Franz Joseph I. 1873 ( Kaiser Festmesse ).

In 1879 Zierer became the second court conductor of the Hofburg chapel . In 1894 he retired. His last composition (completed on April 16, 1903) was the funeral song for four or six-part male choir How the bells roar gloomily .

Zierer was buried in the Vienna Central Cemetery. An artist memorial stone is dedicated to him in Meidling. His daughter Karoline was a piano teacher. He was largely related to Carl Michael Ziehrer .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Franz Joseph Zierer in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna (accessed December 10, 2016).
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Christian Fastl: Zierer, Familie ?. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-7001-3067-8 .
  3. ^ Meidlinger Künstlergedenkstein, Franz Josef Zierer (accessed December 10, 2016).
personal data
SURNAME Zierer, Franz Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian organist, church musician and composer
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1822
PLACE OF BIRTH Alservorstadt
DATE OF DEATH May 30, 1903
Place of death Trattenbach