Wilhelm Hanser

Wilhelm Hanser (1792), portrait by JV Meichsner

Wilhelm Hanser (actually Johann Nepomuk Joseph Hanser ) (born September 12, 1738 in Unterzell (Rot an der Rot) , † January 23, 1796 in Schussenried ) was a German composer , organist and music teacher.

Life

Wilhelm Hauser entered the Premonstratensian Order at a very young age as a novice in the Schussenried Abbey . There he trained in organ playing and counterpoint , as well as mastering the violin and the cello. In 1758 he became a canon and worked as a composer and organist. During an inspection trip in 1772, Abbot Remacle Lissoir (1730-1806) discovered him from Laval Dieu Abbey near Monthermé in the French Ardennes . At the abbot's request, Hanser received permission to accompany the abbot to France as a music teacher. In the small music school attached to the monastery, he taught numerous musicians, including a. Georges Scheyermann (1767–1827) and Méhul in piano playing, music theory and composition . In 1779 Abbot Lissoir got him a position as organist in Paris, which he filled for several years. Intimidated by the effects and social upheavals of the French Revolution , Hanser returned to Schussenried after 15 years, where he later taught the 15-year-old Conradin Kreutzer .

Work (selection)

In addition to various masses and works for the organ, only a few works went to print.

• 24 Vesperpsalms Psalmodia Verspertina , op.1, Verlag Matthäus Rieger in Augsburg, 1767
• Quatre sonates pour le clavecin avec accompagnement de violon et basse Paris, 1777
• Trois Sonates pour le piano Paris, around 1780

New edition

• Michael Gerhard Kaufmann (Ed.): Wilhelm Hanser: 8 Ave Maria . Wiesbaden, Daimonion-Verlag 2009.

Web links

• Karl Kaufmann: P. Wilhelm Hanser, a great musician of the Reichsstift Schussenried

literature

• Eduard Bernsdorf : New universal encyclopedia of music art , Volume 2, p. 317
• François-Joseph Fétis : Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la musique (1839, volume 5, p. 50)