Caspar Ett

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Caspar Ett, lithograph by Josef Kriehuber

Caspar Ett (born January 5, 1788 in Eresing ; † May 16, 1847 in Munich ) was a German organist and composer .

Life

In 1804 he completed his high school studies at the "Paedagogium" in Munich, today's Wilhelmsgymnasium . Ett studied at the Electoral Seminary in Munich and in 1816 became court organist at the Michaelskirche . Ett earned services to the revival of choral music from the 16th to 18th centuries. In addition to Catholic church music, he also composed works for Greek Orthodox and Jewish worship. He was the music teacher of King Maximilian II . The English composer Robert Lucas Pearsall also studied early music and sheet music with him in 1832.

In Eresing a street was named after Kaspar Ett. In the inner city of Munich, the street leading past his main place of work, the Michaelskirche, was named after him as "Ett-Straße".

Ett's grave is located in the Old Southern Cemetery in Munich (field 21, row 1, place 18; location ). The stone bears a portrait medallion and the inscription:

Grave of Caspar Ett in the old southern cemetery in Munich
“Here lies the mortal shell of the
Caspar Ett,
born at Eresing on January 5th, 1788,
organist at the for 31 years
St. Michaelshof Church there,
died March 16, 1847,
the awakening of old, holy music,
the profound harmonist
and contrapunctists,
the great church composer.
---
He who in the most exalted ways
Sang the praises of the Lord on earth,
Has come in to look
Him face to face
And to join in with the eternal
Hallelujah of the transfigured.
---
Set this monument
the unforgettable
his grieving friends,
Admirers and students. "

plant

  • Attollite portas (Resurrection Choir Ad resurrectionem Domini)
  • Haec this
  • Pange lingua - Tantum ergo
  • Ave maris stella
  • Missa quadragesimalis
  • Missa Laetare Jerusalem (eight parts with 4 trumpets and 4 trombones)
  • Ave vivens hostia (alto, flute, organ)
  • Laudate dominum
  • Iste confessor of Jesus
  • Redemptor omnium
  • Prope est
  • requiem
  • Peregrinatio in montem sanctum in festo Assumptionis Beatae Virginis Mariae / The pilgrimage to the holy mountain on the feast of the Assumption of Mary. (Nine voices for SSSAATTBB a cappella, bilingual with German text by Konrad Eberhard , in Latin translation by Bonifaz Haneberg )
  • Cantica Sacra , Munich 1834 (including the hymn Pange lingua , the melody of which ? / I is known in English as "Oriel" and is sung to the text To The Name Of Our Salvation )Audio file / audio sample

literature

Web links

Commons : Caspar Ett  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ On some compositions the first name is given as Kaspar .
  2. ^ Max Leitschuh: The matriculations of the upper classes of the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich , 4 vol., Munich 1970–1976; Vol. 3, p. 224.
  3. ↑ Caspar Ett: Cantica Sacra , Munich 1834, p. 162 ( digitized in the Google book search).
  4. ↑ http://www.hymnary.org/tune/oriel_ett
personal data
SURNAME Ett, Caspar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ett, Kaspar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 5, 1788
PLACE OF BIRTH Eresing
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 1847
Place of death Munich