Joseph Werndl

The title of this article is ambiguous. For information on the Austrian arms manufacturer, see Josef Werndl

Joseph Werndl (born January 24, 1929 in Pischelsdorf am Engelbach ) is an Austrian organist , choir director , composer and conductor .

Live and act

Werndl studied at the Mozarteum from 1949 to 1957 and passed the final exam for organ in 1955 and graduated from the Kapellmeister class in 1957 .

Between 1951 and 1977 he was organist and choirmaster in Mattighofen , conductor, choir and orchestra director and conductor of local and regional ensembles. From 1960 to 1963 he taught music at the Michaelbeuern Boys' Choir School and from 1963 he was first organist and choir director and then from 1965 to 2000 conductor of the Brucknerbund Orchestra in Ried im Innkreis . In 1983 he was appointed as Passau Cathedral Kapellmeister and held this position until his retirement in 2000. During this time he directed the Passau Cathedral Choir and the Passau Cathedral Orchestra. From 1990 to 1996 he headed the choir of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Passau.

Works

• Braunau Peace Fair (2012)

Awards

• Consultant for music maintenance of the Upper Austrian regional government (1978)
• Title Professor hc (1983)
• Honorary member of the Innviertel Artists' Guild (1983)
• Decoration of honor of the city of Ried im Innkreis (1993)
• Cultural Letter of Honor from the City of Passau (1994)
• Honorary citizen of the community of Pischelsdorf (2001)
• Knight of St. Gegorius (2001)
• Honorary conductor of the Brucknerbund Orchestra Ried im Innkreis (2001)
• Decoration of Honor of the Innviertel Cultural Circle (2002)
• Award of the Upper Austria. Brass Band Association Note in Gold (2005)
• Award of the Upper Austria. Choir Association Note in Gold (2005)
• Silver Merit of the Province of Upper Austria (2010)

literature

• Helmut Zöpfl: Josef Werndl. The musician , Aspach, 2009, ISBN 3-901535-28-4

Web links

• Joseph Werndl, in: Regiowiki Niederbayern & Altötting

Individual evidence

1. ^ Joseph Werndl: Conductor for the big final concert, in: Oberösterreichische Nachrichten of November 3, 2012
2. ↑ Peace Mass for the Peace District, in: Burgkirchen aktuell, Official Notification Organ of the Burgkirchen Community, Issue 1 / February 2012, S 2 (PDF; 1.6 MB)
3. ↑ Governor Pühringer presented state awards, in: Landeskorresponzenz No. 142 of June 24, 2010