CD 20/21
Tyrolean Musical Treasures 17
Fresco in the Brixen cloister, attributed to Master Leonhard
The 2000 Tyrolean Passion Music and Easter Concert exclusively presented discoveries from the Tyrol’s grand musical past. The music on the program was from the repertoire of the famous 17th-century Innsbruck court music ensemble and from the royal religious institution for noble ladies in Hall. Although it was almost all printed in Innsbruck, none of this music has survived in this city. The original part books, however, from which transcriptions into modern notation fi rst had to be made for our concerts, have fortunately been preserved in libraries elsewhere in Europe, usually only in one copy. The Tiroler Passions- und Osterkonzert 2000 program featured two masses by Christoph Sätzl (about 1592- 1655), a Miserere by Johann Stadlmayr (about 1575-1648), three instrumental fugues by Leopold von Plawenn (about 1630-1682) and Easter motets by Johann Stadlmayr and Ambrosius Reiner (1604- 1672). Christoph Sätzl was from Brixen in South Tyrol, where he had already advanced to the position of director of the court and cathedral music of the Tyrolean prince-bishop when but a youth. In 1632 Sätzl was appointed director of music at the royal religious institution for ladies of rank in Hall, the place most famous for the cultivation of music besides the Innsbruck court. Johann Stadlmayr and his successor Ambrosius Reiner are the leading representatives of the Innsbruck court music ensemble in the 17th century. Leopold von Plawenn, the scion of an old noble family from the Vinschgau, was born in Innsbruck. He was a Benedictine monk at Zwiefalten Abbey (Württemberg) and had his compositions published in Innsbruck, Ulm and Kempten.
CD 1, Track 14, 2:12
Gloria Patri et Filio
Johann Stadlmayr
(about 1575-1648)