Ignaz Mitterer
Ignaz Martin Mitterer (born February 2, 1850 in St. Justina ( East Tyrol ), † August 18, 1924 in Brixen ) was an Austrian composer and church musician .
Life
Ignaz Mitterer was ordained a priest in 1874 and began studying music with Franz Xaver Haberl and Michael Haller at the church music school in Regensburg in 1876 . After a two-year stay in Rome, in 1882 he succeeded Haberl as Kapellmeister at the Regensburg Cathedral and thus director of the Regensburger Domspatzen ; In 1885 Mitterer became cathedral music director in Brixen Cathedral .
In 1905 Mitterer received the honorary citizenship of Brixen. He was an honorary member of the Catholic student association AV Raeto-Bavaria Innsbruck in the ÖCV .
plant
In his around 200 works, including 45 masses, the composer combines a style linked to Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina with contemporary trends. Probably the best-known work by Mitterer is the simple but all the more poignant song “Auf zum Schwur, Tiroler Land”, which is now part of the primal collection of Sacred Heart devotion in Tyrol (the text is by Josef Seeber ).
literature
- Franz A. Stein: Mitterer, Ignaz. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-428-00198-2 , p. 581 ( digitized version ).
- Walter Senn: Mitterer Ignaz. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 6, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1975, ISBN 3-7001-0128-7 , p. 325.
- Alfred Baumgartner: Propylaea World of Music - The Composers - A lexicon in five volumes . Propylaen Verlag, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-549-07830-7 , pp. 58, volume 4 .
Web links
- Works by and about Ignaz Mitterer in the catalog of the German National Library
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Haller |
Domkapellmeister at Regensburg Cathedral 1882 - 1885 |
Max Rauscher |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mitterer, Ignaz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mitterer, Ignaz Martin (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian composer and church musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 2, 1850 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Justina (municipality of Assling) , East Tyrol |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 18, 1924 |
| Place of death | Brixen |