Rhabanus Erbacher

Münsterschwarzach Abbey, Rhabanus Erbacher's place of work since 1958

P. Rhabanus Erbacher OSB (* 1937 in Mosbach ) is a German theologian and musician .

Live and act

Rhabanus Erbacher grew up in his birthplace, Mosbach, and attended the school of the Münsterschwarzach Abbey . He's since 1958 Benedictine monk and in 1963 for priests ordained. He studied theology and music ( school music , organ ) in Würzburg and Munich.

Erbacher worked from 1971 to 2002 as a music teacher, choir and orchestra leader at the Egbert-Gymnasium Münsterschwarzach . He works on the Klais organ of the abbey. a. with Dominikus Trautner as organist. He also manages the music library there, which has a good 44,000 titles. As a specialist in Gregorian chant , he is co-editor of the Benedictine Antiphonale , as well as a specialist in semiology .

Works

Compositions

In God's praise 2013 you can find the following chants by Rhabanus Erbacher:

No. 36: Our fathers trusted you
No. 48: Offer up your power, Lord our God
No. 622: 1: Have courage, you who are despondent
No. 625,6: You are the glory of Jerusalem

Fonts

Choral book for the Mass - German interlinear translation of Gregorian chants.
Benedictine antiphonal. With Roman Hofer and Godehard Joppich . Vier-Türme-Verlag , Münsterschwarzach, ISBN 978-3-87868-233-2 .
Antiphonals for the Liturgy of the Hours.
Tonus Peregrinus - story of a psalm tone. Münsterschwarzacher Studien, Volume 12. Vier-Türme-Verlag, Münsterschwarzach 1971, ISBN 978-3-87868-003-1 .
Johann (P. Marianus) Baal . Sketches on the life and work of the composer and on the courtly and monastic sphere of his work. Vier-Türme-Verlag, Münsterschwarzach 1990, ISBN 978-3-87868-281-3 .

Web links

Works by and about Rhabanus Erbacher in the catalog of the German National Library
Rhabanus Erbacher ( memento from January 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on the website of the Vier-Türme-Verlag
Three fathers consecrated 50 years ago. Press office of the Episcopal Ordinariate Würzburg, July 4, 2013; accessed on January 8, 2014

Individual evidence

↑ The Klais organ in Münsterschwarzach on the abbey website. ( Memento from November 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Pater Pirmin and the monastery library of the Münsterschwarzach Abbey ( memento of January 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on the abbey website.

personal data
SURNAME	Erbacher, Rhabanus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German theologian, composer and Gregorian chant specialist
DATE OF BIRTH	1937
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mosbach

[1] The Klais organ in Münsterschwarzach on the abbey website. ( Memento from November 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive )

[2] Pater Pirmin and the monastery library of the Münsterschwarzach Abbey ( memento of January 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on the abbey website.