Franz Bühler (1760-1823)
- Rondo der Grand’ Synfonie ex C (c.1790)
Performers: Arsatius Consort; Dr. Georg Brunner (conductor)
Further info: Franz Bühler (1760-1823) - Sinfonie a piu strumenti
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German composer. He received his musical education at the minorite
monastery of Maihingen, at the Benedictine abbey of Neresheim and at the
Jesuit school in Augsburg in 1777. In 1778 he entered the Benedictine
abbey of Donauwörth; he took vows in 1779, adopting the monastic name of
Gregor, and was ordained priest on 5 June 1784. After obtaining
permission to live outside the community in 1794, he became
Kapellmeister and composer at the Palazzo Menz in Bolzano, and in 1798
at the latest assistant organist at the parish and collegiate church
there. From 1801 to 1822 he was Kapellmeister of Augsburg Cathedral. As a
composer Bühler was influenced especially by J.M. Demmler and Antonio
Rosetti. Settings of the mass are at the heart of his extensive output,
which ranges from simple hymns to the monumental Passion oratorio Jesus,
der göttliche Erlöser and includes over 100 publications; careful
instrumentation, attention to the interpretation of words and distinct
early Romantic tendencies are notable features of his music. After the
secularization of 1802-03, Bühler composed sacred works (mostly
published by Lotter and Böhm of Augsburg) suitable for simple
circumstances. Interest in his sacred music was aroused in America and
England when a transcription of a Mass in F was published by the Handel
and Haydn Society of Boston in 1832. Between 1840 and 1876 other
arrangements and vocal scores were published in London, Paris and
Cincinnati, and were distributed in Boston, New York and Mexico. Bühler
also wrote several pedagogical and theoretical works.
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