Franz Xaver Witt

Franz Xaver Witt

Life

Born: 9 February 1834, Walderbach, Bavaria

Died: 2 December 1888. Landshut, Bavaria

Biography

German Catholic priest, church musician, and composer, a leading figure in the Cecilian movement for the reform of Catholic church music in the second half of the 19th century. For the last twenty years of his life, he published a magazine, Musica Sacra.

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List of choral works

Ad te levavi animam meam Anima nostra a 4 Anima nostra a 5 Ascendit Deus, op. 15 Ave Maria Benedicta et venerabilis es Gloria et honore Improperium expectavit cor meum Libera me Domine

Meditabor Missa in hon. S. Luciae Missa in honorem St. Francisci Xaverii Op. 8 O salutaris hostia Oratio s. Francisci Xaverii Perfice gressus meos Quis ascendit in montem Domini? Regina caeli Sacerdotes Domini

Sperent in te omnes Tantum ergo Te Deum laudamus, op. 10a Te Joseph celebrent Tollite portas principes Veni, Creator (A) Veni, Creator (in C) Verbum supernum prodiens

 
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Publications

• Musica sacra - Zeitschrift, 1868-1888

External links

• Works by Franz Xaver Witt in the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)