Rochus Dedler
Rochus Dedler (born January 15, 1779 in Oberammergau ; † October 17, 1822 in Oberföhring ) was a German composer . He is best known as the author of incidental music for the version of the Oberammergau Passion Play by Father Othmar Weis, which premiered in 1811 .
Life
Rochus Dedler was born on January 15, 1779 in Oberammergau . His father Johann (1737–1811) and his mother Barbara (1736–1825) ran the inn "Zum Weisse Lamm" there.
Originally Rochus Dedler was intended for a spiritual profession. He was a choirboy in the Rottenbuch monastery and went to Munich for further training, where he graduated from the (today's) Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich in 1798 . He then began the compulsory basic course (= philosophy) at the adjoining lyceum, but then returned to Rottenbuch to work as the prelate's clerk. In 1802, however, he gave up his spiritual career and took a position as teacher and choirmaster in Oberammergau.
Rochus Dedler was married to Maria Josepha, b. Sepp, from Uffing (1779-1824). Together they had three sons and six daughters.
Rochus Dedler died on October 17, 1822 due to a lung disease in Oberföhring , where his brother was pastor, and was buried there in the St. Lorenz cemetery. A path leading past the cemetery bears the name "Rochus-Dedler-Weg" in his honor. In 1825 his mother Barbara was buried next to him. An epitaph recalls the two. In Oberammergau, Dedlerstrasse is named after him, and a memorial was erected for him in the cemetery.
Works
Rochus Dedler's main work is the incidental music composed in 1810 for the Oberammergau Passion Play , for which the Ettal Benedictine father Othmar Weis wrote a new text version after the performance was banned in 1810. The incidental music contains an overture, arias, duets and choirs, and the orchestration in particular reveals influences from Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart . In the new version, the Passion was performed for the first time in 1811 under the direction of Othmar Weis. The music was revised by Eugen Papst in 1950 and, with some changes and additions from 2000 and 2010, is still played to the Passion.
Other works by Dedler include u. a .:
- German high mass in D, also called Pollinger Messe
- Jubilate deodorant
- Missae breves cum totidem offertoriis pro omni tempore
- Symphony in B flat major (around 1799)
- Symphony in D major
Web links
Eugen Papst: Dedler, Rochus. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 554 ( digitized version ).
Individual evidence
- ^ Enlightenment - Oberammergau before the end. In: Oberammergau - Four centuries of wrestling with passion. Bayerischer Rundfunk , accessed on September 14, 2013 .
- ^ Max Leitschuh: The matriculations of the upper classes of the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich , 4 vol., Munich 1970–1976; Vol. 3, p. 208.
- ^ Rochus-Dedler-Weg. In: Website of the Association for District Culture in the Münchner Nordosten eV. Accessed on September 14, 2013 .
- ^ The Passion Play in the 19th Century. (No longer available online.) In: www.passionsspiele2010.de. Archived from the original on October 10, 2011 ; Retrieved September 11, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dedler, Rochus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 15, 1779 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oberammergau |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 17, 1822 |
| Place of death | Oberföhring |