Amandus Ivanschiz (1727-1758)
- Missa ex D# | a | Canto Alto | Tenore Basso |
Violino primo |
Violino Secundo | Alto Viola obligata | Clarinis 2|b|u|s Organo
Performers: Aleksandra Lewandowska (soprano); Katarzyna Hołysz (mezzosoprano); Piotr Szewczyk (tenor);
Maciej Straburzyński (bass); Accademia dell' Arcadia; Bartłomiej Stankowiak (conductor)
Further info: Jasnogórska Muzyka Dawna vol.26
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Austrian composer. Only fragmentary information about his life is
available. He entered the Pauline order in his hometown and choose the
name of Amandus likely by the end of 1742. After his novitiate in the
Ranna monastery at the age of 16 (1743) he took his monastic vows. He
then studied in Maria Trost and Wiener Neustadt, where he was ordained a
priest on November 15, 1750. Between 1751 and 1754 he stayed in Rome as
an assistant to the Procurator General of the order, from where he
returned to Wiener Neustadt. In 1755 he was sent again to the Maria
Trost monastery, where he died in 1758, at the young age of 31. He was a
prolific and popular composer: there survive about 100 works by him in
manuscripts copies, dating mostly from 1762 to 1772 and scattered
throughout the Habsburg Empire and in south Germany. His music is
characteristic of the transition from late Baroque to early Classical
style, and his best works are his masses and symphonies. The masses are
mostly scored for four soloists, four-part choir, two violins and bass
and a pair of trumpets; some are of considerable dimensions, and they
show distinct Neapolitan traits. The symphonies, many of which have four
movements, are scored for strings, sometimes with a pair of trumpets or
horns. The trios, entitled variously ‘Divertimento’, ‘Nocturno’,
‘Sinfonia’, ‘Sonata’ and ‘Parthia’, are mostly in three movements in the
same key; Ivanschiz’s frequent use of the viola as the second solo
instrument is a forward-looking trait.
