Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736-1809) - Missa in C pro coronatione (1792)
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Composer: Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736-1809)
Work: Missa in C pro coronatione 'Krönungsmesse' (1792)
Performers: Canto Arrіаnіs; Concerto Sacro; Ingmar Bеck (conductor)
Missa in C pro coronatione (1792)
1. Kyrie 0:00
2. Gloria 2:50
3. Credo 6:19
4. Sanctus 11:48
5. Benedictus 13:05
6. Agnus Dei 16:46
Drawing: Carl Schütz (1745-1800) - Emperor Leopold II taking public oath as King of Hungary in the presence of ecclesiatical and miliatary leaders (1790)
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Painting: Leopold Kupelwieser (1796-1862) - Johann Georg Albrechtsberger
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Johann Georg Albrechtsberger
(Klosterneuburg, 3 February 1736 - Vienna, 7 March 1809)
Austrian composer, organist and teacher. The son of an innkeeper, he sang in local church choirs until 1749, when he became a chorister at Melk Abbey. In 1753 he transferred to the Benedictine Seminary in Vienna, where he studied under Georg Matthias Monn and became friends with Michael and Joseph Haydn. Two years later he was appointed organist in Raab (now Györ, Hungary), and subsequently at a shrine at Maria Taferl. This led to a position in Melk as cellar master, but a difficulty with the monastery forced him to return to Raab and then to Vienna in 1766. There he worked as an organist and organ builder until 1770, when he was appointed as second organist at St. Stephen’s Cathedral and two years later as second court organist. In 1791 he was placed in line to succeed Leopold Hofmann as Kapellmeister at St. Stephen’s Cathedral following the death of his first choice of successor, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. He fulfilled this role from 1793 until his death. During his lifetime, he was considered a master of counterpoint and the ideological successor of Johann Joseph Fux. He was much sought after as a teacher, and in 1790 he published a treatise, 'Gründliche Anweisungen zur Composition', which was well regarded. His most famous pupils included Ludwig van Beethoven, Joseph von Eybler, Carl Czerny, and Johann Nepomuk Hummel. He was a prolific composer whose works ranged in style from the galant to the old-fashioned, particularly when it came to sacred and keyboard music. His most important vocal work is an oratorio, 'Die Pilger auf Golgotha', which explored a German literary text by Friedrich Wilhelm Zachariä. His works include eight oratorios, five cantatas, 35 Masses, three Requiems, 48 graduals, 16 Magnificats, two Te Deums, 25 antiphons, 10 vespers, 38 hymns, five litanies, 15 motets, 24 other sacred works, four symphonies, a dozen concertos (including works for organ, trombone, Jew’s harp, and mandora), six concertinos, 16 divertimentos, around 35 quartets, and about 278 fugues, sonatas, and other miscellaneous works for keyboard (and organ). His works are known by Weinmann (W) numbers.