Joseph Ignaz Schnabel

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Plaque on the house where he was born in Naumburg / Queis

Joseph Ignaz Schnabel (born May 24, 1767 in Naumburg am Queis , Silesia , † June 16, 1831 in Breslau ) was a German composer and church musician .

Life

Portal of the birth house in Naumburg / Queis

Schnabel came from a family of musicians and received musical lessons from his father at an early age. As a child he was a chorister in the Vincenzkirche in Breslau . From the age of 12 he attended Matthias Gymnasium because he wanted to be a priest . By falling into the water, he suffered a chronic ear disease, which is why he was no longer considered suitable for a priestly career. Therefore, after the 6th grade, he left high school and began teacher training. He was first village schoolmaster in 1790, where he caused a stir because of the good music performance of his students. From 1797 he worked in Breslau, first as a violinist at the Vincenzkirche, then as an organist at St. Klara. In 1798 he became violinist and concertmaster in the theater orchestra, which he often conducted as a deputy. On April 1, 1805 he became cathedral music director , 1806 conductor of the Richter Winter Concerts , in 1810 also the Monday and Friday Society and in 1812 university music director, music teacher at the Catholic seminary and director of the Royal Institute for Church Music. In 1819, together with Friedrich Wilhelm Berner , also a lecturer in church music, and Johann Theodor Mosewius , who took over the position of music director of the university after Schnabel's death, he founded the association for church music at the university, which, in addition to Silesian music, promoted the dissemination of European music 16th to 18th century. Schnabel was awarded an honorary doctorate in 1823.

Schnabel campaigned for the works of Mozart and Haydn in Breslau , whose creation he has performed annually on Maundy Thursday since 1800 .

Schnabel's compositional work mainly comprised church music with instrumental accompaniment. With it he founded a special Silesian tradition, also known as the Breslau School , which was largely independent of restorative tendencies until the Second World War. Schnabel's most famous work is his adaptation of a Christmas pastoral found in the archives of the Wroclaw Cathedral by an unknown composer from the early 18th century, Transeamus usque Bethlehem , which today is part of the standard repertoire of many church choirs.

His son Joseph Schnabel, who also composed, was an organist and music teacher in Glogau .

Works (selection)

In addition to church music (including five masses , offertories , hymns and Vespers ), Schnabel composed military music, men's quartets, songs , a clarinet concerto and a quintet for string quartet and guitar.

  • Lord our God, how tall are you!
  • Quintet for 2 violins, viola, violoncello and guitar

literature

Web links

Commons : Joseph Ignaz Schnabel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hubert Unverricht : Music history Glogaus. An overview . In: Glogau through the ages - Głogów poprzez wieki . Ed. Stiftung Kulturwerk Schlesien; Bergstadtverlag Wilhelm Gottlieb Korn , Würzburg 1992. ISBN 3-87057-169-1 , p. 313
personal data
SURNAME Schnabel, Joseph Ignaz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and cathedral music director in Breslau
DATE OF BIRTH May 24, 1767
PLACE OF BIRTH Naumburg am Queis
DATE OF DEATH June 16, 1831
Place of death Wroclaw