Nikolaus Betscher (1745-1811)
- Missa brevis g-moll (1774)
Performers: Cornelia Götz (soprano); Hans-Jürgen Schöpflin (tenor); Ruth Sandhoff (alto);
Egbert Junghanns (bass); Camerata Vocalis Der Universität Tübingen;
Alexander Sumski (1933-2022, conductor)
Further info: Nikolaus Betscher (1745-1811) - Missa in C (1794)
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German composer and priest. He was born the only son of the wealthy
farmer Matthias Betscher and his wife Salome Schillingerin on the Sankt
Johann Baptist farm in Berkheim in the lower Iller Valley and was
christened Leonardus Wolfgangus on November 1st. As a child, he was
admitted to the Rot an der Rot monastery school and received his initial
training there. On November 11, 1765, he took his religious vows there
and assumed the name of the monastery, Nicholas. On September 23, 1769
he was ordained a priest. Over the next ten years, he held several
monastic offices and was pastor in Haslach from 1779 to 1781. In 1781 he
is documented as a subprior, in 1782 as a prior, until he was given a
pastorate in Haisterkirch again in 1785. After the death of his
predecessor, he was elected abbot of the Reichsabtei Rot on November 3,
1789, and was ceremonially inaugurated. By 1795 he had become one of the
leading prelates of the Schwabian region. At the secularization of the
monastery in 1803, he was allowed to remain in residence there until his
death. A prolific composer, he wrote over 175 works, almost all sacred
music. His musical language and scheme is the simple polyphony and
melodic similar to his friend from nearby Salzburg, Michael Haydn.
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