Lambert Kraus

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Lambert Kraus OSB , baptismal name: Philipp Josef Anton (born September 17, 1728 in Pfreimd / Upper Palatinate; † November 27, 1790 in Metten ) was a composer and abbot in the Bavarian Benedictine Abbey of Metten .

biography

After joining the Metten Monastery in 1747 and professing in 1748, Lambert Kraus was (deputy) director of the monastery seminary and from 1752 teacher of the boys' choir. In the following years he also held the offices of president of the brotherhoods, monastery preacher, prior and novice master in the monastery . In 1766 he was also appointed parish vicar of the Stephansposching parish supervised by the Metten monastery .

After Abbot Adalbert Tobiaschu's resignation , Lambert Kraus was elected as the new Abbot of Metten on October 9, 1770. Abbot Lambert Kraus represents the educated and cultivated Rococo prelate. The abbot, who himself was a talented composer and musician, was particularly keen and interested in the singing school and the music in the monastery. However, due to high expenditures for proper representation and a lack of economic competence, abbot Lambert Kraus, who was equally gorgeous as he was art-loving, left his successor Cölestin Stöckl with a considerable mountain of debt, which he had reduced with thrift and economic skill by 1803, when the monastery was abolished in the course of secularization has been.

In addition to music, Abbot Lambert Kraus was also interested in physics and experimented with electricity himself. He was considered an outstanding preacher. His skills in Latin stylistics earned him the reputation of a "Mettener Cicero". In addition, Abbot Lambert Kraus was a member of the prelate class in the electoral administrative district of Straubing.

Works (selection)

  • VIII Missae solemnes. Opus I , Augsburg 1760.
  • XII Symphoniae. Opus II , Augsburg 1762.
  • VIII Lytaniae Lauretanae unacum VIII Tantum ergo. Opus III , Augsburg 1764.
  • Caeremoniale Monastico-Benedictinum in usum Monasterii Mettensis. Pars 1-4 , Straubing 1765.
  • The punished drunkenness. A carnival game , Straubing 1759.
  • Titus Manlius Torquati filius or severely punished child disobedience. A tragedy , Straubing 1770.
  • Highly rewarded filial obedience. A Singspiel , Straubing.
  • Funeral speech for Abbot Ignaz Lanz von Niederaltaich on July 26, 1764 , Straubing 1764.

literature

  • Wilhelm Fink : History of the development of the Benedictine abbey Metten. Part 1: The profession book of the abbey (studies and communications on the history of the Benedictine order and its branches, supplement 1/1), Munich 1926, 52f.
  • Maurus Gandershofer : The merits of the Benedictines of Metten for the care of the sciences and the arts , Landshut 1841.
  • Robert Münster, August Scharnagl: Abbot Lambert Kraus (1729–1790) died two hundred years ago , in: Alt und Jung Metten 57/1 (1990/91) 39f.
  • Bonifaz Sänftl: Funeral speech on the blissful absenteeism of the reverend and noble lord, Mr. Lambert, I dignified abbot of the ancient imperial Benedictine monastery of Metten and one of the most highly esteemed. Landscape in Baiern Landsteurers held at the last funeral on the 30th Christian month 1790 , Straubing (on Google books ).

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predecessor Office successor
Adalbert Tobiaschu Abbot of Metten Monastery
1770–1790 		Celestine Stoeckl
personal data
SURNAME Kraus, Lambert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kraus, Philipp Josef Anton (baptismal name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Composer and abbot in the Bavarian Benedictine Abbey of Metten
DATE OF BIRTH September 17, 1728
PLACE OF BIRTH Pfreimd , Upper Palatinate
DATE OF DEATH November 27, 1790
Place of death Metten