Theodor Zwettler
Theodor Zwettler OSB (also: Zwetler ; born June 5, 1758 in Weitra ; † August 30, 1826 in Vienna ; actually Johann Nepomuk Felix Zwettler ) was an Austrian Benedictine and composer .
Life
Zwettler was already a choirboy in his youth in the Schottenstift in Vienna , which he entered after attending the Piarist High School in Krems and the philosophical classes in Vienna in 1778. In 1783 he made his profession here and was ordained a priest. From 1786 to 1802 he was a cooperator in the newly established parish Schottenfeld , from 1802 to 1807 pastor in Gumpendorf . From 1807 until his death he was prior of the Schottenstift under Abbot Andreas Wenzel and also pastor of the monastery parish . As such, Zwettler expanded the Schottenkirche into a center of classical music culture. He had numerous copies of works of church music made for the music archive of the monastery (some of which have not survived anywhere else today), but also made many adaptations and new texts. On the other hand, only two of his own compositions can be traced, so that his meritorious work in the artistic field can primarily be viewed as of an organizational and social nature.
Under Zwettler's administration, the later court musicians Joseph Eybler and Ignaz Aßmayer served one after the other as rain choruses for the Schottenstift; their respective compositions found their way into the Abbey Scottish music archive as autographs . Zwettler also maintained relationships with, among others, Joseph Haydn , Abbé Stadler , Johann Gänsbacher , Franz Joseph Volkert , Joseph Frühwald and Johann Elßler (Haydn's copyist and father of Fanny Elßler ).
Works
- Tantum ergo in G for soprano and alto (around 1820).
- Tantum ergo in F for soprano and alto (around 1820).
literature
- Scriptores Ordinis S. Benedicti, qui 1750-1880 forunt in Imperio Austriaco-Hungarico . Vienna 1881, p. 535. ( online ).
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Zwetler, Theodor . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . Volume 60, Vienna 1891, p. 334.
- Karl Pfannhauser: Zwet (t) ler, Theodor . In: The music in the past and present (MGG). Volume 14, Kassel 1968, Sp. 1508-1510.
- Alexander Rausch : Zwettler, Theodor. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-7001-3067-8 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ See Pfannhauser 1968, column 1509.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zwettler, Theodor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zwetler, Theodor; Zwettler, Johann Nepomuk Felix (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian Benedictine and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 5, 1758 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Weitra |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 30, 1826 |
| Place of death | Vienna |