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Hymnarius: durch das gantz Jar verdeutscht, nach gewöndlicher Weyß und Art zu syngen, so yedlicher Hymnus gemacht ist gedruckt von Josef Piernsieder, in Verlegung des Gewerken Georg Stöckl, Schloß Siegmundslust bei Schwaz, 1524
Hymnarius: durch das gantz Jar verdeutscht, nach gewöndlicher Weyß und Art zu syngen, so yedlicher Hymnus gemacht ist (Hymnbook in German for the entire Church year to be sung in the usual way) printed by Josef Piernsieder, published by Georg Stöckl, Sigmundslust Castle near Schwaz, 1524 |
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7. The First Catholic Hymnbook Published in the Tyrol
The first Catholic hymnbook Hymnarius durch das ganze Jahr verteutscht ... was published by the wealthy mining manager Georg Stöckl of Schwaz, who had it printed in his private press in 1524. The songbook contains 131 hymns for the different feast days in the Church year. Each hymn is preceded by four rows of staffs with four stave lines each - but without notes - with the text printed below. However, detailed instructions for the respective melodies to the individual psalms can be found in the index at the end of the book. The initiator of the hymnbook and translator of the Latin hymns was most probably Peter Treibenreif, who was employed as a Latin schoolmaster in Schwaz. Treibenreif came from South Tyrol, where his unusual name is especially common in the Eisacktal. As a Master of the Liberal Arts, he called himself Tritonius according to humanist tradition and belonged to the inner circle of friends around the famous poet and humanist Conrad Celtis. Around the time the Hymnarius was being produced, Schwaz was also the scene of the foundation of the first mastersingers' school in Austria. The mastersingers' hall decorated with splendid frescoes in the old court house of Schwaz, however, was largely destroyed in 1944.
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