Franz Joseph Aumann
Franz Joseph Aumann (also Auman, Aumon, 24 February 1728, Traismauer – 30 March 1797) was an Austrian composer. Before his voice broke, he sang in the same Viennese choir as Michael Haydn and Johann Georg Albrechtsberger,[1] composers with whom he later in life traded manuscripts.[2] In view of this circulation, it is not surprising that some of his music has been incorrectly attributed to Haydn. However, his Missa Profana, satirizing the stuttering and bad singing of a schoolmaster, was once attributed to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.[3]
Aumann was ordained a priest in the Augustinian Order in St. Florian in 1757, essentially staying there for the rest of his life. He said Mass occasionally,[citation needed] but wrote lots of mass settings.
Aumann's music was a large part of the repertoire at St. Florian in the 19th century, and Anton Bruckner availed himself of this resource for his studies of counterpoint.[4] Bruckner focused a lot of his attention on Aumann's Christmas responsories and an Ave Maria in D major.[5] Aumann's oeuvre also includes instrumental music, such as some of the earliest string quintets.[6]
[edit] Works, editions and recordings
Recordings
- Requiem. Ecce quomodo. Tenebrae. Te Deum. Ars Antiqua Austria, Gunar Letzbor. Pan Classics. 2011
[edit] Notes
- ^ New Grove Volume 2[page needed]
- ^ p. 94, Hawkshaw (2007) Paul. 90 "Anton Bruckner's Counterpoint Studies at the Monastery of Saint Florian, 1845–55" 1 Musical Quarterly
- ^ p. 772, Abert, Spencer, Eisen (2007) Hermann, Stewart, Cliff. New Haven, Connecticut W. A. Mozart Yale University Press
- ^ p. 98 (2007) Hawkshaw
- ^ p. 107 (2007) Hawkshaw
- ^ p. vii, Eisen (1998) Cliff. Madison, Wisconsin Four Viennese String Quintets A-R Editions, Inc.
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