Johann Valentin Rathgeber (1682-1750)
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German composer. He studied with his father, the village organist and
schoolmaster and then pursued theological training. In 1701 he entered
the University of Würzburg to study theology, and in 1704 became a
schoolmaster and organist at the Juliusspital in Würzburg. He went to
the Benedictine abbey of Banz early in 1707 as chamber musician and
servant to the abbot, and by the end of the year had become a novice.
Following his ordination in 1711, he served as choirmaster in Banz for
the rest of his life. In 1721 the Augsburg firm of Lotter issued the
first of his many publications, a volume of masses. Eight years later,
when he had established a considerable reputation as a composer of
church music, he sought permission to leave Banz for a European tour; he
was refused and left without it. He visited Würzburg, Augsburg, Bonn,
Cologne, Trier and Benedictine houses in Swabia and around Lake
Constance. One of his reasons for making this tour seems to have been to
gather information about performance conditions and liturgical customs
in the Catholic areas of Germany. As a musician, he was particularly
known as a composer of sacred music, which included many Latin mass
settings, Vesper psalms, offertories, and other works (20 vols.,
Augsburg, 1721-39). Among his other works were 24 concerti grossi (1728)
and various keyboard pieces (1743). He also edited and arranged the
well-known collection of popular song settings 'Ohrenvergnugendes und
Gemüth-ergötzendes Tafel-Confect' (3 vols., 1733, 1737, 1746).
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