August Wiltberger (17 April 1850 – 2 December 1928) was a German royal music director, composer and professor at a teachers' seminary.

Career

Wiltberger was born in

Sobernheim Bad Sobernheim is a town in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the like-named ''Verbandsgemeinde'', and is also its seat. It is a state-recognized spa town, and is well known for two fossil discovery sites ...

. He received his first lessons from his father, who was organist and teacher in

. From 1868 to 1871 he attended the seminary in

Boppard Boppard (), formerly also spelled Boppart, is a town and municipality (since the 1976 inclusion of 9 neighbouring villages, ''Ortsbezirken'') in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (Districts of Germany, district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, lying in t ...

, where the music pedagogue Peter Piel was his role model. From 1871 to 1873 he worked as a teacher in

Bad Salzig Bad Salzig is a small town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the west bank of the Rhine. It is part of the municipality of Boppard. It is near the city of Koblenz and the Lorelei. It is a spa town, with a spring which dispenses slightly salty ...

. In 1873, he followed the calling as a music teacher at the Präparandenanstalt (preparatory school) in

Colmar Colmar (, ; Alsatian: ' ; German during 1871–1918 and 1940–1945: ') is a city and commune in the Haut-Rhin department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France. The third-largest commune in Alsace (after Strasbourg and Mulhouse), it is ...

, from 1876 at the Gymnasium and at the Höhere Töchterschule, a school for girls, in

Saargemünd Sarreguemines (; German: ''Saargemünd'' , Lorraine Franconian: ''Saargemìnn'') is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France. It is the seat of an arrondissement and a canton. As of ...

. In 1880, he went to the newly established seminary in

Münstermaifeld Münstermaifeld () is a town in the district Mayen-Koblenz, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is part of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") of Maifeld. It is situated south-east of Mayen, a few kilometres from the Moselle riv ...

. From 1888, he worked until his retirement at the seminary in Brühl. Wiltberger was married to Theresa Wiltberger, née Grünewald. Since 1879, he was a presenter of the

Allgemeiner Cäcilien-Verband für Deutschland The Allgemeiner Cäcilien-Verband für Deutschland (General Association of the Cecilian Movement Germany) (abbreviated as ACV) was founded in 1868 and is an organization for choral singing of the Catholic Church. The official residence of the ACV ...

, a Catholic organisation for choral singing. He actively supported the training of teachers, students and organist. His own compositions were almost exclusively written for amateur choirs, similar to those of Michael Haller, Peter Griesbach, Immanuel Faisst, Vinzenz Goller. His works were mostly published by Schwann in Düsseldorf. Shortly before his death, he became an honorary citizen of Bad Sobernheim. He died in Lessenich/Meßdorf, now part of

Bonn The federal city of Bonn ( lat, Bonna) is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of over 300,000. About south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr r ...

Literature

* Hans Gappenach: ''August Wiltberger'' (in series ''Rheinische Musiker'', ed. Karl Gustav Fellerer, Cologne, 1966)

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* * * Category20th-century male musicians {{DEFAULTSORT:Wiltberger, August 1850 births 1928 deaths 19th-century classical composers 19th-century German musicians 19th-century German male musicians 20th-century classical composers 20th-century German musicians German choral conductors German male classical composers German Romantic composers People from Bad Kreuznach (district) People from Brühl (Rhineland) Sacred music composers 20th-century German male musicians