Church choir St. Verena (Rot an der Rot)
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| Seat: | Red on the red |
| Carrier: | Parish of St. Verena |
| Founding: | 1836 |
| Genus: | Mixed choir u. Schola |
| Head : | Maria Schmölzing (since 2005) |
| Voices : | about 40 |
The church choir St. Verena (Rot an der Rot) is the 1836 founded the choir of the Roman Catholic parish Rot an der Rot , Seelsorgeeinheit Red-Iller in the district of Biberach in Upper Swabia . It has been directed by the church musician Maria Schmölzing since 2005 . The motto of the choir is “To the glory of God”.
Musical creation
The choir has performed the antiphonarium ad usum chori Rothensis and other works that were believed to be lost, composed by Michael Haydn for the former Reich Abbey of Rot an der Rot , as well as musical works by the last abbot Nikolaus Betscher . Berthold Schick took over the solo trombone at orchestral masses . Christmas arrangements by Siegfried Rundel were performed in 2008 together with the local brass band . The choir tries to maintain the musical heritage and tradition of the imperial abbey and accompanies the parish with its liturgical service "To the glory of God".
From the church choir St. Verena men Schola "Schola Gregoriana Rothensis" showed that by the year 2013 by the artistic director of the Hassler Consort and organist of Holzhey organ of 1793 the former monastery church St. Verena , Franz Raml was passed.
history
The Premonstratensian monastery Rot an Rot was founded in 1126 and made an imperial abbey in the 15th century. It was looted and pillaged several times during the Thirty Years War . From 1777 to 1786 the St. Verena monastery church was rebuilt . With the secularization of 1803, the spiritual territory was dissolved and given to Count Ludwig Kolb von Wartenberg .
Before the monastery was dissolved in 1803, the church music liturgical service was in the hands of the canons. The last Premonstratensian abbot and composer Nikolaus Betscher died in 1811. The oldest evidence of the existence of an amateur choir is a hymn book by the choir singer Josef Högerle from 1836, which was discovered in the organ loft between old sheet music and choir literature. Another hymn book from 1841 comes from Karl Högerle. In 1914, the then 80-year-old church choir singer and church caretaker Benedikt Angele told the later conductor Sebastian Fakler that he had joined the choir in 1846 at the age of twelve. The patron saint, Count Eberhard zu Erbach , was bid farewell in 1878 with a torchlight procession and song. In the same year the choir sang a requiem for Pope Pius IX, who died on February 7, 1878 .
The number of individual singers in the registers ranged between three and ten people. There was a shortage of alto and sopranos . Usually the young women married or were “put into service” at the age of 20. Married women no longer sang in choirs until the turn of the 20th century.
World wars until today
During the First World War , six church choir members were drafted into military service, five of whom survived. During the Weimar Republic until the National Socialists came to power in 1933, the choir experienced an unexpected boom. In the period of inflation it was a problem for the choir to purchase suitable sheet music. At the Verena Festival in 1926, the 800 year old founding of the Rot an der Rot monastery was commemorated. Early in the morning monks from Wilten Monastery appeared to take part in the anniversary. The choir accompanied the festival service musically.
The times for the choir gradually changed after the seizure of power in 1933. The Hitler Youth activities were deliberately put in the times of going to church, which meant that young people were denied participation in choir activities. The choir was pushed out of its rehearsal room in the Verena-Klause and had to rehearse in the narrow attic of the old school building. Five members of the church choir were killed in World War II .
In 1947 the choir had thirteen members. In 1949 he took part in a competition singing in Tannheim . Since 1949 it has become a tradition for members of the choir to rehearse and perform a play every Christmas. On February 12, 1963, fifty members of the choir were honored with decorations and medals from the Cecilia Association ; the last honor took place in 1906. Senior teacher Leipold and Pastor Stemmer led the choir through the 1960s to 1980s. This was followed by the choir director Monika Lutz-Obele, who had a serious car accident on the way to the service. On October 12, 1986, the choir was awarded the Palestrina Medal of the Cäcilien Association for Germany due to its over 100-year history. A mass by László Halmos was performed at the Verenafest 2010 .
On September 4, 2011, the Missa in C was performed as part of the celebrations for the bicentenary of the death of Nikolaus Betscher. The soloists were Barbara Sauter (soprano), Cornelia Lanz ( mezzo-soprano ), Franz Raml (tenor) and Hansmartin Jetter (bass).
Choirmaster
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- Sebastian Fakler
- Josef Stützle (until 1941), († 1942)
- Cornelia Cornprobst (1941–1949)
- Josef Munk (194–1963)
- Leo Leipold (1963–) († 2009)
- Monika Lutz-Obele (1983–1999)
- Kurt Benedikt Susak (until 2003)
- Gerhard Wespel (until 2003)
- Franz Raml (2004-2005)
- Maria Schmölzing (since 2005)
Awards
- 1986: Palestrina Medal of the General Cecilia Association for Germany
literature
- Sebastian Fakler: A short review of the history of the church choir of our parish Rot an der Rot , factual report, 13 pages, 1963
Web links
- Website of the General Cecilia Association for Germany
- Office for Church Music of the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart - From the deaneries No. 127 of December 2009
Individual evidence
- ↑ Schwäbische Zeitung : Franz Raml presents his latest work ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. May 5, 2008, demolished March 20, 2010
- ↑ Schwäbische Zeitung : A hymn book, discovered between old choir literature on the organ gallery, is the oldest reference , from October 12, 1986.
- ↑ Sebastian Fakler: A short review of the history of the church choir in our parish Rot an der Rot , factual report, page 1
- ↑ Sebastian Fakler: A short review of the history of the church choir of our parish Rot an der Rot , factual report, page 7
- ↑ Schwäbische Zeitung : Roter celebrate the Verenafest - the church choir performs the Missa in C by Nikolaus Betscher, from September 3, 2011, viewed on September 5, 2011
