Michael Haller (church musician)
Michael Georg Haller (born January 13, 1840 in Neusath near Nabburg ( Upper Palatinate ); † January 4, 1915 in Regensburg ) was a German church musician and composer .
Life
From 1852 Haller received his first musical training as a convent student in the Benedictine abbey in Metten . In 1860 he began to study theology in the seminary in Regensburg. After his ordination in 1864 he became prefect of the choirboy school (cathedral priest ) in Regensburg. This position made it possible to exchange ideas with advocates of Cäcilianism , such as Joseph Schrems , with whom he studied church music, Franz Xaver Haberl and Carl Proske . As an inspector of the study seminar, Haller became Kapellmeister at the old chapel in Regensburg in 1867 . After founding the church music school in Regensburg, Haller taught composition and counterpoint from 1874 . In 1882 he briefly held the office of cathedral music director at Regensburg Cathedral and was thus also director of the Regensburger Domspatzen . In 1899 he became a canon of the collegiate church for the old chapel .
plant
Haller was a main master of the Cäcilians, "a dignified church composer", "a composer who is fair in all saddles" and participated "in the creation of a refined church music style that was conscientiously trained by the old masters". The "sparing melisms and the harmonious harmony" are described as characteristic for him . Haller created diverse liturgical compositions such as two- to eight-part masses , motets and hymns. He also composed a number of oratorios , cantatas , secular choirs and songs as well as musical plays.
Honors
Pope Leo XIII. awarded him the Order of Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice .
The University of Würzburg awarded him an honorary doctorate (Dr. theol. Hc).
expenditure
- Surrexit Pastor bonus, op. 2 No. 3, for SATTB. Berliner Chormusik-Verlag / Edition Musica Rinata , Berlin, 2006.
- Missa secunda, op. 5, for soprano, alto, baritone and organ. B-Note Musikverlag, Bremen, 2008.
- Missa secunda, op. 5, for soprano, alto, baritone and organ. Musica Rinata, Berlin, 2009.
- Missa tertia, op.7a, for two equal voices and organ. B-Note Musikverlag, Bremen, 2012.
- Missa quinta Requiem for two equal voices and organ op.9.B-Note Musikverlag, Bremen, 2011.
- Laudes eucharisticae, op. 10, for four, five and six-part choir, Pustet-Verlag (Feuchtinger and Gleichauf, Regensburg), Regensburg
- Missa sexta, op.13, for soprano, alto, tenor, bass. Carus-Verlag (Coppenrath, Altötting), Stuttgart
- Missa undecima in honorem Sancti Henrici imperatoris (5 voices), op.24
- Missa solemnis to six voices
- Ave Maria, op. 60, No. 25 for male choir. Berliner Chormusik-Verlag, Berlin, 2006.
- Missa sexta decima, op. 62, Carus-Verlag (Coppenrath, Altötting), Stuttgart
- Christmas tunes op. 70. 9. B-Note Musikverlag, Bremen, 2008.
- Missa septima decima in honorem Beatae Mariae Virginis ad veterem capellam Ratisbonae (5 voices), op.65, V vocibus concinenda. MDCCCXCVI Ratisbonae, Neo-Eboraci, and Cincinnati. (1896, Regensburg, New-York, Cincinnati) Verlag Friedrich Pustet in Regensburg, FP 1012
- Missa, op. 92 for eight voices
- Songs, op.111 (Secular)
- String quartet
Publications
- Composition theory for polyphonic church singing (1891)
- Vademecum for singing lessons (1876)
- Modulations in the church modes (in modern notation with explanations for study purposes)
literature
- Ernst Waeltner: Haller, Michael. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , p. 555 ( digitized version ).
- Camilla Weber , Raymond Dittrich, Siegfried Gmeinwieser, Dieter Haberl, Rosemarie Weinberger, Stiftskapellmeister, church composer, Canon Michael Haller (1840-1915) on the 100th anniversary of his death. Volume accompanying the exhibition in the Regensburg Episcopal Central Library St.-Peters-Weg 11-13; September 29 to December 17, 2015 (= Bischöfliches Zentralarchiv Regensburg, catalogs and writings, volume 35), Verlag Schnell & Steiner Regensburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-7954-3063-4 .
Web links
- detailed vita on the website of the Archdiocese of Cologne, Stifts-Chor Bonn
- Works by and about Michael Haller in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by Michael Haller in the Choral Public Domain Library
Individual evidence
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Franz Xaver Haberl |
Cathedral Kapellmeister at Regensburg Cathedral 1882 |
Ignaz Mitterer |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Haller, Michael |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Haller, Michael Georg |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Regensburg church musician and composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 13, 1840 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Neusath near Nabburg |
DATE OF DEATH | January 4, 1915 |
Place of death | regensburg |