Johann Anton Kobrich

Johann Joseph Anton Bernhard Kobrich (baptized May 30, 1714 in Landsberg am Lech ; † August 9, 1791 ibid) was a German organist and composer .

Life

The son of the organist of the parish church in Landsberg, Maximilian Adam Kobrich († 1730), succeeded him at the age of 16 and held this position until his death. After his wife died in 1782, he turned to theology and was ordained a priest.

He wrote a lot of piano and organ works, as well as masses , litanies and Vespers . Many of his works were printed in Nuremberg and Augsburg and achieved a high distribution in Central and Eastern Europe.

The only son, born in 1735, continued the organist tradition at the Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche .

Works (selection)

• Six easy and therefore pleasant keyboard parts
• Easy to learn multipurpose church clay
• 6 Missae breves op.7
• 10 Lytaniae op.24
• 6 Missae solennes op.26
• 3 Missae de Requiem, Op. 29
• 6 Lytaniae lauretanae op.36
• 3 Missae breves de Requiem op.37
• Thorough piano school 1782
• Practical violin foundation 1787

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Kobricht, Johann Anton . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 12th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1864, p. 179 ( digital copy ).
• Herrmann Ullrich:  Kobrich. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 10 (Kemp - Lert). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2003, ISBN 3-7618-1120-9  ( online edition , subscription required for full access)

Web links

• Works by Johann Anton Kobrich in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by and about Johann Anton Kobrich  in the German Digital Library
• Johann Anton Kobrich in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
• Sheet music and audio files by Johann Anton Kobrich in the International Music Score Library Project