ORTWEIN, Magnus (1845-1919) - Dreifaltigkeits-Messe (1907)

Magnus Ortwein (1845-1919) - Dreifaltigkeits-Messe für 4stimmig gemischten Chor und Orchester (1907)

Performers: Susanne Langbein (soprano); Martha Senn (alto); Johannes Puchleitner (tenor); Marc Kugel (bass);

Chor und Orchester der Akademie St. Blasius; Karlheinz Siessl (conductor)

Painting: Eduard von Steinle (1810-1886) - Der Heilige Franziskus in seiner Zelle Ein Engel stillt des Sterbenden Sehnsucht nach Musik (1855)

Further info: Ortwein - Dreifaltigkeitsmesse

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P. Magnus (Josef) Ortwein

(Laatsch, 3 November 1845 - Meran, 2 October 1919)

German priest and composer. He received his first musical training from his father, a teacher and organist. In 1865, he entered at the Benedictine monastery of Marienberg and studied theology from 1866 to 1870, being ordained a priest in 1869. From 1870 to 1872, he taught mathematics, physics, and singing at the Benedictine Gymnasium in Meran and from 1872 to 1876, he studied German, Latin, and Greek at the University of Innsbruck. From 1876 to 1919, he settled again in Meran where he was appointed as a high school teacher and choirmaster and, from 1886 to 1917, director of the Benedictine Gymnasium. As a composer, he only wrote vocal music, among them, two masses, several graduals, offertories and hymns as well as motets and secular and sacred songs. His style tries to emphasize the liturgical texts by combining his Wagnerian leitmotif technique with old classical polyphony.