Ignaz Reimann

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Ignaz Reimann

Ignaz Reimann (born December 27, 1820 in Albendorf , Glatz district , province of Silesia , † June 17, 1885 in Rengersdorf ) was a German teacher, church musician and composer. His best-known work is the Christmas fair .

Life

Ignaz Reimann received his first music lessons from his father, who was an innkeeper and musician in the Silesian Marian pilgrimage town of Albendorf . His school teacher, also a local cantor , noticed his musical talent and trained him to play the organ . At the age of ten he was able to replace his teacher on the organ.

From 1838 to 1841 he attended the Catholic school teacher seminar in Breslau . Here he came into contact with the so-called Breslau School, founded by Joseph Ignaz Schnabel (1767–1831) as a composer . Joseph Ignaz Schnabel's nephew Joseph Schnabel (1809–1881), music director and cathedral music director, gave his pupil the post of music director in the seminary because of his outstanding musical achievements.

After completing the seminar, Reimann worked for two years as an assistant teacher in Niederhannsdorf near Glatz . In 1843 the Rengersdorf schoolmaster and cantor brought him to his school. After his death in 1852, Reimann took on the dual role of headmaster and cantor.

While he had already composed smaller church music works since his time in Wroclaw, a fruitful creative period began as a Rengersdorf cantor. The lack of singable works led him to consider it his life's work to fill this gap and build a bridge between the old and the new church music. Folklore and catchiness are among the essential characteristics of his music. His compositions found recognition and rapid dissemination in Silesia and beyond. In Rengersdorf he prepared numerous cantors for their profession.

Increasing hearing loss hindered him in his teaching profession, but not in composing. In 1884 Reimann suffered a stroke , which led to partial paralysis of his right arm. He applied for his retirement, which was granted to him on July 1, 1885. Three days later he suffered a second stroke, which was fatal after two weeks.

Grave inscription Ignaz Reimann, Rengersdorf ( Krosnowice )
Funerary inscription Caroline Reimann, Rengersdorf ( Krosnowice )

From his marriage to his wife Caroline (1822-1883), with whom he was married for 35 years, two sons and a daughter were born. His eldest son, Heinrich Reimann , became known as a musicologist, royal librarian and organist in the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin . His second son, Franz, became a teacher and choirmaster in Striegau in Silesia .

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Reimann's best-known composition is the Pastoral Mass in C major, op. 110, for solos, choir, orchestra and organ. Because of its traditionally preferred performance during Christmas mass , it was nicknamed Christkindlmesse . With its in-depth melody, it is still frequently performed in Germany today, especially around Christmas time.

Of Reimann's more than 800 compositions, around 160 were printed during his lifetime. The catalog raisonné, which has only recently been compiled, contains 125  masses , 19  requiems , 6  teeums , 117  offerings , 122  graduals , 37  litanies , 34  salvo , 33  alma , 14  ave regina , 10  regina coeli , 10  asperges , 6  vidi for church use aquam , 5  Miserere , 88 funeral songs, 7  cantatas , 2 movements of Corpus Christi stations and 6  Vespers . For the concert hall he composed overtures, marches, symphonies, oratorios, dances, songs and pieces for male voices and for mixed choirs.

Ignaz Reimann Festival

In 2002, on the initiative of Siegmund Pchalek, the biographer of Ignaz Reimann, Clemens Tommek as well as Ryszard Szkoła and Stanisław Paluszek, pastors and organist of the basilica in Albendorf, choirs from Poland, the Czech Republic and Germany met in Wambierzyce, the former Albendorf joint performance of Reimann's music. The Ignaz Reimann Festival was born. At the beginning there was the performance of the Christmas fair. The event developed into an annual event that also included Krosnowice, Reimann's place of work, and Radków (formerly Wünschelburg). The festival soon spanned several days. On July 12th and 13th, 2014 the Ignaz Reimann Festival took place for the thirteenth time.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tombstone in Krosnowice
  2. ^ Website of the Reimann Festival in Albendorf ( Memento from June 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Radkow, News
personal data
SURNAME Reimann, Ignaz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reimann, Ignaz Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German church musician and composer
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH Albendorf
DATE OF DEATH June 17, 1885
Place of death Rengersdorf