Albrechtsberger, Johann Georg

born 1736-02-03 (Klosterneuburg, Austria)
died 1809-03-07 (Vienna, Austria)
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Johann Georg Albrechtsberger became a choir boy at Klosterneuburg Abbey at the age of seven, learning the organ and music theory. In 1753 he went to Vienna to study philosophy at the Jesuit seminary. There he became friends with Michael Haydn, through whom he also met his brother Joseph Haydn. After positions in Győr, Maria Taferl and Melk, he became organist at St. Stephan in 1770 and registrar of the Carmelite Church in 1771. In 1772, Emperor Joseph II called him to Vienna as second court organist. After Leopold Hofmann’s death in 1793, Albrechtsberger took over his position as cathedral music director and held this position until his death Albrechtsberger had numerous students, including Carl Czerny, Joseph Leopold von Eybler, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, and Ludwig van Beethoven.

Literature

  • Dorothea Schröder (1987). Die geistlichen Vokalkompositionen Johann Georg Albrechtsbergers. Thematischer Katalog. Verlag der Musikalienhandlung Karl Dieter Wagner, Hamburg.
ID Title Genre
SchAl A.I.13 Missa Nativitatis Domini Nostri Jesu Christi mass
SchAl A.I.20 Missa Visitationis Beatæ Mariæ Virginis mass
SchAl C.I.10 Iustus ut palma florebit offertorium
SchAl F.I.9 Regina cœli antiphon
SchAl J.2 Te Deum hymn
SchAl J.9 Litaniæ lauretanæ litany

Works

Iustus ut palma florebit
Offertorium de Quovis Sancto
SchAl C.I.10

genre offertorium
scoring S, A, T, B (coro), 2 clno (D), timp (D–A), 2 vl, vla, b, org
scores b coro full score org ottoni vl 1 vl 2 vla
IMSLP scores and parts
source GitHub
license CC BY-SA 4.0

Litaniæ lauretanæ
SchAl J.9

genre litany
scoring S, A, T, B (solo), S, A, T, B (coro), 2 clno (C), timp (C–G), 2 vl, [vla], b, org
scores b coro full score org ottoni vl 1 vl 2
IMSLP scores and parts
source GitHub
license CC BY-SA 4.0

Missa Nativitatis Domini Nostri Jesu Christi
including “Paratum cor meum” (gradual, SchAl B.II.6) and “Te invocamus” (offertorium, SchAl C.II.6)
SchAl A.I.13

genre mass
scoring S, A, T, B (coro), 2 clno (D), 2 tr (D), timp (D–A), 2 vl, b, org
scores b coro full score org ottoni vl 1 vl 2
IMSLP scores and parts
source GitHub
license CC BY-SA 4.0

Missa Visitationis Beatæ Mariæ Virginis
SchAl A.I.20

genre mass
scoring S, A, T, B (coro), [2 trb], 2 vl, b, org
scores b coro full score org org (realizzato) vl 1 vl 2
MIDI
IMSLP scores and parts
print full score
source GitHub
license CC BY-SA 4.0

Regina cœli
SchAl F.I.9

genre antiphon
scoring S, A, T, B (coro), 2 ob, 2 clno (D), timp (D–A), 2 vl, b, org
scores b coro full score ob 1 ob 2 org ottoni vl 1 vl 2
IMSLP scores and parts
source GitHub
license CC BY-SA 4.0

Te Deum
SchAl J.2

genre hymn
scoring S, A, T, B (coro), 2 ob, 2 clno (C), timp (C–G), 2 vl, org, b
scores b coro full score ob 1 ob 2 org ottoni vl 1 vl 2
IMSLP scores and parts
source GitHub
license CC BY-SA 4.0