Hans Leitner (organist)

Hans Leitner (born February 17, 1961 in Traunstein ) is a German organist , cathedral vicar , cathedral organist and monsignor at the Cathedral of Our Lady in Munich .

Life

After graduating from high school in Traunstein , Hans Leitner studied Catholic theology at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich as well as Catholic church music and the organ concert at the State University of Music and Theater in Munich with Franz Lehrndorfer . From 1982 to 1989 he was the permanent representative of his teacher Lehrndorfer at the Munich Cathedral. In 1988 he won the Rottenburg improvisation competition. In 1990 he was ordained a priest by Friedrich Cardinal Wetter . He then worked as a chaplain in Munich-Milbertshofen.

In 1992 he was appointed to succeed Walther R. Schuster as cathedral organist of the Passau cathedral organ and cathedral vicar at the High Cathedral of St. Stephan in Passau , where he also worked as an organ expert for the Passau diocese .

In autumn 2003, Hans Leitner was appointed to succeed Franz Lehrndorfer as cathedral organist at Munich Cathedral, where he is also cathedral vicar . From 2003 to 2011 he held a teaching position for liturgy and church music practice at the University of Music and Theater in Munich . In 2012 Hans Leitner was appointed monsignor by Pope Benedict XVI . From 2016 to 2018 he was acting head of the Munich Cathedral Music.

Hans Leitner is valued not only as an interpreter of organ music from different epochs, but also as an improviser. He is the editor of organ works as well as the author of articles on music history, organological and theological topics. Numerous CD , radio and television productions as well as compositions for organ, choir and wind instruments document his diverse artistic work.

Selected compositions

organ

• Partita "Who only lets God rule" (composed 1985. Passau: Peter Lechl, 1997)
• Partita "O Heiland, tear the heavens up" (composed in 1992. Passau: Peter Lechl, 1997)
• Toccata Muffatiana (composed 1995; Walther R. Schuster in memory. Passau: Peter Lechl, 1997)
• Veni Creator (composed 1996. Passau: Peter Lechl, 1997)
  • I. Invocation
  • II. Recitation
  • III. imitation
• Egedacher Toccata (Passau: Peter Lechl, 1997)
• In caritate - meditation for organ (Dedicated to His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI. Passau: Peter Lechl, 2006)
• Intrada, Variations, Fughette and hymn "Gott mit dir, du Land der Bayern" (composed in 2001/2008. Passau: Peter Lechl, 2013)

Vocal works

• Tantum ergo - Advent for four-part mixed choir (Eichstätt: Jubilate-Verlag, 2001)
• New Year's Hymn (based on a text by Eduard Mörike) for seven-part mixed choir (Eichstätt: Jubilate-Verlag, 2007)
• Three nativity scenes based on texts by Heinrich Wismeyer for three to six-part mixed choir (Eichstätt: Jubilate-Verlag, 2007)
• St. Hildegard Mass for mixed choir and organ (Eichstätt: Jubilate-Verlag, 2008)
• St. Hildegard Mass for three upper voices and organ (Eichstätt: Jubilate-Verlag, 2008)
• St. Hildegard mass for unison singing and organ (Eichstätt: Jubilate-Verlag, 2008)
• Evening prayer for mixed choir (Eichstätt: Jubilate-Verlag, 2008)
• The German Magnificat "My soul praises the greatness of the Lord" for solo soprano and organ (composed in 2011. Unpublished)

Other occupations

• Great God, we praise you for organ and five brass instruments (Altötting: Coppenrath, 1996)

Edits

• Three arrangements for organ - based on works by Bach, Mozart and Herzogenberg (Eichstätt: Jubilate-Verlag, 1996)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Andante cantabile
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Jesus, my joy
  • Heinrich von Herzogenberg: Shepherd music from "The Birth of Christ"

editor

• Hans Bill: Prelude and Fugue: Triple Fugue for Organ (1909) (Passau: Peter Lechl, 1997)
• Peter Griesbacher: Preludio pasquale: Prelude for organ (1929) (Passau: Peter Lechl, 1997)
• Joseph Marx: Organ Works 1 (Vienna: Universal Edition, 2014)
• Joseph Marx: Organ Works 2 (Vienna: Universal Edition, 2014)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Andante cantabile for organ KV 15ii (Passau: Peter Lechl, 1995)
• Walther Rudolf Schuster: Noël - Fugue for organ (1956) (Passau: Peter Lechl, 1997)
• Walther Rudolf Schuster: Organ partita about an old Egerer Marienlied: "Ave Maria zart" (Passau: Peter Lechl, 1999)
• Rudolf Wimmer: Fugue for Organ (Passau: Peter Lechl, 1997)

bibliography

• Leitner, Hans: Improvisation - Introductory Lecture. In: Music and Play: Music Education - Music Theater - Improvisation . Documentation about the German-Austrian-Swiss study conference from February 24th to 27th, 1994 in the educational facility Kloster Aldersbach, edited by Inka Stampfl, Deutscher Tonkünstlerverband e. V., Munich 1995, ISBN 3-926906-04-9 , pp. 40-45.
• Hans Leitner: The Munich cathedral organist Heinrich Wismeyer (1898–1985). In: Dux et comes - Festschrift for Franz Lehrndorfer on his 70th birthday , edited by Hans D. Hoffert and Klemens Schnorr, Universitätsverlag, Regensburg 1998, ISBN 3-930480-68-9 , pp. 124-136.
• Leitner, Hans and Eisenbarth, Wolfgang (ed.): The Passau Cathedral Organ , Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg 2002. ISBN 3-7954-1469-5 .
• Leitner, Hans: Karl Höller (1907–1987), with special consideration of his contributions to church music, in: Musica Sacra , 127th vol., No. 6 (2007), pp. 360–362.
• Leitner, Hans: The organs of the Munich Frauenkirche and their organists. In: The Cathedral of Our Lady in Munich (= Great Art Guide Schnell & Steiner, Volume 235), edited by Peter Pfister, Schnell & Steiner Regensburg, 2008, ISBN 978-3-7954-2031-4 , pp. 69–73 .

Web links

• Works by and about Hans Leitner in the catalog of the German National Library

• official homepage
• Information about Hans Leitner on the website of the Münchner Dommusik

predecessor	Office	successor
Walther R. Schuster	Organist at the Passau Cathedral Organ 1992–2003	Ludwig Ruckdeschel

predecessor	Office	successor
Franz Lehrndorfer	Organist at the Munich Cathedral Organ since 2003