Peter Heinrich Thielen

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Peter Heinrich Thielen as Bavarian music director with the papal order of Gregorius
Thielen's tomb in the Kranenburg cemetery

Peter Heinrich Thielen (born August 11, 1839 in Kranenburg , † January 9, 1908 in Goch ) was a German organist and composer .

Peter Heinrich Thielen was born as the son of the shoemaker Heinrich Thielen and his wife Maria. His main occupation was the parish clerk of Kranenburg, but also worked as an organist and choirmaster at the local parish church of St. Peter and Paul , near which his house was located. In 1874 Thielen began his service at the Gocher parish church of St. Maria Magdalena .

Musically, he was strongly oriented towards the current of Cecilianism . Thielen's compositions received attention in the entire German-speaking Catholic area. In 1898 Pope Leo XIII appointed him . to the Knight of the Gregorius Order . Thielen received the Maximilians Medal from the Bavarian regent for the composition of an "Ave Maria for 16 voices in four choirs" on the occasion of the silver wedding of Duke Carl Theodor in Bavaria and his wife Maria Josepha of Portugal on April 29, 1899 Art and science; since July 31, 1903 he was allowed to bear the honorary title of "Royal Bavarian Music Director". He bequeathed his compositions to the Regensburg Church Music School .

Thielen's tomb is in the cemetery in Kranenburg; there he was also an honorary citizen and a street bears his name. In the place where he died, a street is also named after the church musician.

literature

  • Herbert Krey, Peter Heinrich Thielen (1838–1908) and Cäcilianism. Foundation of the Peter Heinrich Thielen Society. In: Calendar for the Klever Land for 2003, pp. 38–45.
  • Hans Rühl: A composer from Kranenburg: Peter Heinrich Thielen , in: Kranenburg. Ein Heimatbuch, Kranenburg 1984, p. 127f.
  • " City of God " (Illustrated by the Steyler missionaries ): Obituary with photo, year 1908, page 367

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SURNAME Thielen, Peter Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH August 11, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH Kranenburg
DATE OF DEATH January 9, 1908
Place of death Goch