Josef Knapp (church musician)
Josef Knapp (* 9. February 1921 in St. Lorenzen , † 4. February 2014 ) was a from Tyrol originating Italian church musician and composer .
Life
Josef Knapp was born in St. Lorenzen in the Puster Valley in 1921 . After high school - lyceum in the Vinzentinum in Brixen - and studying philosophical and theological studies, he was ordained a priest on June 29, 1944 in Brixen. During his studies, Alfons Maister, Pius Goller, Alfons Frontull, Angelo Alverà , Josef Gasser and later Oswald Jaeggi were his music teachers. After studying Musica sacra at the Bolzano Conservatory , he attended many training courses with well-known masters abroad.
He first developed his musical activity as a choirmaster in the parish church of Bruneck , where he worked as a cooperator between 1944 and 1950. He then worked as a music professor at the Vinzentinum Brixen from 1950 to 1974; at the same time he was a teacher and later head of the diocesan church music school (until 1987) and from 1975 to 1989 professor at the Philosophical-Theological University (with seminary) and from 1974 to 1990 cathedral music director in Bressanone .
Professor Knapp was a member of the Diocesan Commission for Church Music from 1953 and President of this commission from 1958 to 1980. From 1956 he held the office of diocesan president of the General Association of Cecilia. He was a key contributor to the publication of the diocesan prayer and hymn book “Unser Gotteslob” (for the German-speaking regions of the dioceses of Trento and Bozen-Brixen, 1964) and later a member of the main commission and the sub-commission “Songs” for the uniform hymn book “ Gotteslob ". His melody for Psalm 42 and 43 Longing for the Living God is included in God's Praise 2013 under No. 42.
He had been retired since autumn 1990. In 1973 he was awarded the Orlando-di-Lasso Medal of the General Cecilia Association; In 1979 he was awarded the Tyrolean Cross of Merit .
source
- Brixner Initiative Musik und Kirche, program booklet symposium "Music and Liturgy" 1993
Web links
- Priest Josef Knapp died ( Memento from February 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Message on stol.it from February 5, 2014
- Mayor Pürgstaller pays tribute to Professor Josef Knapp. ( Memento from February 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Message on stol.it from February 5, 2014
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Knapp, Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian church musician and composer (South Tyrol) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 9, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Lorenzen |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th February 2014 |
| Place of death | St. Lorenzen |