Josef Pembaur (1848-1923) - Festmesse (1876)
Performers: Maria Erlacher (soprano); Monika Duringer (alto); Johannes
Puchleitner (tenor); Ralf Ernst (bass); Kirchenchor Fulpmes-Telfes;
Kammerchor und Orchester des Ferdinandeums; Josef Wetzinger (leitung)
Further info: Josef Pembaur (1848-1923) - Lieder
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Austrian conductor and composer. At the age of 8, he started playing
piano and received lessons with Franz Huber in Innsbruck. After
completing the first years of academic education, he dropped out of
school for devoting himself entirely to music. In Vienna he met
Bruckner, from whom he received classes while beginning his career as a
conductor and composer. He also studied piano and singing at the Wien
Conservatory. For a time he lived in Munich where, in addition to
studying with Rheinberger, he married Caroline Kraus. In 1873 he
returned to Innsbruck where he was appointed music director and in 1877
choir director of the academic choir. In 1883, the University of
Innsbruck appointed him academic director of music. As a composer, his
output include numerous compositions for soloists, male choir and
orchestra (Gott der Weltenschöpfer, Zapfenstreich, Spätherbst, Die
Schalachtam Berg Isel) as well as the opera 'Zigeunerliebe' (1898), the
melodrama 'Das Klagende Lied', the symphony In Tirol, 8 Latin Masses,
including the Deutsche Festmesse, a Requiem (1916), a Stabat Mater,
offerings, hymns and motets as well as several a cappella choirs, a
Cello Concerto, a Sonata, an organ improvisation and a large number of
piano and voice pieces. He also published a book on harmony and
modulation (1901) and 'Über das Dirigieren' (1907).
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