Nonnosus Madlseder (1730-1797)
- Sinfonia in D-Dur
Performers: Innsbrucker Kammerorchester; Othmar Costa (1928-2018, conductor)
Further info: Nonnosus Madlseder (1730-1797) - Symphonie D-Dur
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German composer, choir director and organist. He was a choirboy at the
chapel of the royal convent in Hall, and sang in school comedies at the
Jesuit Gymnasium there (1743-45); he continued his studies at the
monastery of Polling, Bavaria, and at Freising. In 1749 he entered the
Benedictine monastery at Andechs and in 1754 was ordained priest.
According to his foreword to the Offertories, Op.1, he studied at
Andechs with the music director Gregor Schreyer, was the monastery's
assistant director of music (1755), organist and director of the
Tafelmusik (1757), leader of the Figuralchor (1760) and singing master
(1761-62). In 1763, to encourage his compositional activity, Abbot
Meinrad Moosmüller sent him to visit the Italian Opera in Munich. In
1767 he became the music director and leader of the boys’ classes at the
Andechs monastery. In 1772-74 and 1791-94 he was a priest at the
convent of Lilienberg, Munich. Madlseder was considered an outstanding
theoretician and contrapuntist and was highly regarded as a
Kapellmeister and organist. His symphony shows Mannheim and Viennese
Classical influences. The sacred vocal works, with their coloratura solo
parts and fugal sections, are frequently demanding for the singer. His
brother Josef Madlseder (1740-1806) was a bass singer and Kammervirtuos
at Passau, and from 1803 a member of the choir at Salzburg Cathedral.
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