Hermann Spies

Hermann Spies (born June 6, 1865 in Rommerskirchen , Kingdom of Prussia , † December 29, 1950 in Salzburg ) was a German composer , music researcher and priest .

Life

Hermann Spies was born as the son of a teacher in North Rhine-Westphalia . Between 1882 and 1887 he studied Catholic theology in Steyl ( Netherlands ), then at the University of Eichstätt and was ordained a priest in Salzburg in 1890. As the life he had striven for as a missionary could not be realized for health reasons, he stayed in the Salzburg diocese . For a short time he worked as a chaplain in Wörgl before the Archbishop of Salzburg , Cardinal Johannes Evangelist Haller , sent him to Aachen and Regensburg for further training in church music . After its graduation, Spies was appointed cathedral choir director in Salzburg in 1892, entrusting him to lead the cathedral choir and the choir boys . He changed their repertoire in the spirit of Cäcilianism and mainly performed music from the Renaissance and early Baroque periods . In 1909 he received the honorary title of cathedral music director . A hearing problem caused him to leave office in 1921. From then on he devoted himself almost exclusively to his longstanding compositional and scientific work. His musical oeuvre primarily includes church music: In addition to vocal compositions for liturgical use, he mainly composed works for organ . Although Archbishop Cardinal Johannes Baptist Katschthaler had been a protagonist of strict Cecilianism at the forefront in Salzburg since 1900, Spies only rarely followed the ideal of the polyphonic a cappella style, but instead often saw solo roles as well as one in the wake of the church music trend widespread in Austria large orchestra. In addition, he saved numerous compositions, especially those of the Renaissance and Baroque, from the archive of Salzburg Cathedral Music, and published some of them in modern editions. Spies conducted archival studies on Salzburg's church and music history, the fundamental results of which (especially those on musical life in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance) he published in a series of publications that consistently represent pioneering achievements with lasting value. In 1921 he was appointed ecclesiastical council , 1946 papal secret chamberlain and in 1949 titular professor.

Works

• “Awakening of Spring” (text by J. v. Eichendorff), 1900.
• Lauretanian litany for solos, choir and orchestra, 1906.
• Mass in D major, 2nd edition 1926.

Unprinted: sacred choral music and songs; approx. 50 compositions for organ; secular songs; Facilities, etc. a. from masses by Stefano Bernardis and Heinrich Ignaz Franz Bibers ; Arrangements of 16 old Christmas carols; Etc.

Publications

• Kaspar Glanner, organist from princely Salzburg 1556–1581: a contribution to Salzburg's music history, 1890
• The Salzburg anniversary pilgrimage to Rome in 1900: impressions and memories, 1900
• From the musical past of Salzburg up to 1634, 1914
• About Joseph Mohr, the poet of “Silent Night”: (Salzburg 1792–1848); from Mohr's youth, 1920
• The pilgrimage church "Our Lady on the Rest": (Maria Rast) on the Hainzenberg near Zell im Zillertal, 1925
• From the old Salzburg cross costumes, 1925
• The organs in the reign of Prince and Archbishop Wolf Dietrich v. Raitenau (1587-1612), 1927
• The Salzburg cathedral organs, 1929
• The veneration of St. Martyr Florian in Salzburg and the St. Floriani procession to Ebenau, 1930
• New documentary contributions to the history of the interior of the Salzburg Minster Church, 1930
• Salzburg's Palm Sunday celebration in the old days, 1931
• Princess Marie Therese, the daughter of Louis XVI., In 1796 in Salzburg, 1931
• Abbé Vogler and the organ of St. Peter in Salzburg, which he simplified in 1805, in 1932
• The art of music in Salzburg during the reign of Prince and Archbishop Wolf Dietrich, 1932
• Marco d'Aviano in Salzburg, 1935
• Music at the cathedral consecration in 1628, 1935
• History of the parish church in Rommerskirchen, Herold-Verlag (church newspaper Cologne), Cologne 1936
• History of the Salzburg Cathedral School, 1938;
• Contribution on the music history of Salzburg in the late Middle Ages and the beginning of the Renaissance period, 1941
• Contributions to the music history of Salzburg in the late Middle Ages and at the beginning of the Renaissance period (with 2 illustrations), 1941
• An Italian report on the visit of the Grand Duke Ferdinand II of Toscana to Salzburg in 1628, 1947
• History of the Salzburg Glockenspiel, 1947

In the communications of the Society for Salzburg Regional Studies :

• The art of music in Salzburg during the reign of Prince and Archbishop Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau (1587–1612) , No. 71, pp. [1] -64 (1st part).
• The art of music in Salzburg during the reign of Prince and Archbishop Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau (1587–1612) , No. 72, pp. [65] –136 (2nd part).
• History of the Salzburg Cathedral School , No. 78, pp. [1] –88.
• Contributions to the music history of Salzburg in the late Middle Ages and at the beginning of the Renaissance period , No. 81, pp. [41] –96.
• About Joseph Mohr, the poet of “Silent Night, Holy Night” (Salzburg 1792–1848) , No. 84/85, pp. 122–141.
• An Italian report on the visit of the Grand Duke Ferdinand II. Toscana in Salzburg in 1628 , No. 86/87, pp. 33-48.
• History of the Salzburg Glockenspiel , No. 86/87, pp. 49–56.
• Contributions to the history of church music in Salzburg in the late Middle Ages and at the beginning of the Renaissance period , No. 90, pp. 142–159.
• Contributions to the history of church music in Salzburg in the late Middle Ages and at the beginning of the Renaissance period , No. 91, pp. 132–152 (continued).

literature

• Th. Hochradner:  Spies Hermann. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 13, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2007–2010, ISBN 978-3-7001-6963-5 , p. 26.

Web links

• Literature by and about Hermann Spies in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ See Genwiki: [1] , accessed December 19, 2015.