Introduction to Life and Output of Johann Baptist Schiedermayr1

• Authors: Bujas Jolanta
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Although nowadays the output of Johann Baptist Schiedermayr is almost completely forgotten, in the 19th century the composer was widely recognized as an author of both sacred and secular music. His compositions were performed mostly in Central Europe, but it should be underlined that the preserved manuscripts display an impressive area in which he must have been known. There are thousands preserved sources that confirm his popularity in the past; therefore, it is disturbing as well as intriguing that Schiedermayr is usually overlooked by scholars investigating music of the early 19th century. In my paper, I present life of the composer, including existing literature that concerns this topic, and I make an attempt to reconstruct his output as hitherto no one have done it. It appears that Johann Baptist Schiedermayr was well-educated and played a crucial role in the musical life of Linz at his time. Besides his achievements as a musician, conductor and teacher, he composed a vast variety of musical pieces, although he focused mostly on church music. Based on the studies done so far, we can assume that he created hundreds of compositions presenting his excellent compositional technique as well as musicality; many of them were also printed. Nevertheless. further research is absolutely necessary in order to broaden knowledge of this brilliant persona and his oeuvre.

Keywords

EN

church music; Johann Baptist Schiedermayr; music in Linz; Classical music

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Jagielloński. Koło Naukowe Studentów Muzykologii UJ
• Journal: Kwartalnik Młodych Muzykologów UJ
• Year: 2018
• Issue: 2(37) Eng
• Pages: 63-100

Dates

online

2018-09-29

Contributors

author

Bujas Jolanta

• Jagiellonian University in Kraków

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Notes

EN

The article was written based on the fragment of the BA thesis titled Johann Baptist Schiedermayr—“Requiem in E flat major”. Analysis and critical edition, written under the guidance of dr Maciej Jochymczyk and defended at the Jagiellonian University in July 2017. In the following article its biographic part has been presented.