Jacques-Louis Battmann

Jacques-Louis Battmann
portrait by Hermann Raunheim (1850).

Jacques-Louis Battmann (born August 25, 1818 in Masmünster (Masevaux), † July 7, 1886 in Dijon ) was a French organist and composer .

Life

Battmann was organist in Belfort around 1840 , later in Vesoul and Dijon , where he also died. He published a total of 456 works, mainly in the field of organ and piano music as well as sacred and secular choral works.

Works (selection)

for organ / harmonium

• Pieces d'Orgue: Entree, Offertoire, Elevation, Communion, Sortie opus 30, for organ
• 72 Morceaux pour Orgue ou Harmonium , 72 pieces for organ or harmonium, opus 60
• Les Immortelles opus 440, for organ or harmonium
• Le plain chant romain harmonisé (the Gregorian chant, harmonized) opus 250

for choir (possibly with vocal soloists)

• Fair No. 1 in F major, for two equal voices with organ or harmonium, opus 193 (new edition Kleinmachnow 2014)
• Fair No. 2 in C major, opus 282
• Fair No. 3 in E flat major, for two equal voices with organ or harmonium, opus 366
• Petite messe solennelle in C major, opus 335
• Messe d'une très-facile execution for solos and choir in unison with organ or harmonium, opus 63

Web links

• in the Riemann Musiklexikon personal section, accessed on February 9, 2016 ( Memento from December 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
• Sheet music and audio files by Jacques-Louis Battmann in the International Music Score Library Project
• Sheet music as a file on DVD