Josef Friedrich Doppelbauer (5 August 1918 – 16 January 1989) was an Austrian composer,

organist An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ (music), organ. An organist may play organ repertoire, solo organ works, play with an musical ensemble, ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumentalist, instrumental ...

and choral conductor. He was professor of organ and composition, especially of church music, at the Salzburg

Mozarteum Mozarteum University Salzburg (German: ''Universität Mozarteum Salzburg'') is one of three affiliated but separate (it is actually a state university) entities under the “Mozarteum” moniker in Salzburg municipality; the International Moz ...

from 1960 to 1988, serving as deputy

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from 1971 to 1984.

Life

Doppelbauer was born in

Wels Wels (; Central Bavarian: ''Wös'') is a city in Upper Austria, on the Traun River near Linz. It is the county seat of Wels-Land, and with a population of approximately 60,000, the eighth largest city in Austria. Geography Wels is in the H ...

in the last months of the First World War to Josef Doppelbauer (1871–1945) and Maria née Pichler (1879–1962). He grew up with his siblings Karl (1908–1967), Rupert (1911–1992) and Leopoldine (1916–1917) in a musical and art-loving family.Josef Friedrich Doppelbauer

He was encouraged in musical matters above all by his brother Rupert, who at this time was taught by the

Johann Nepomuk David Johann Nepomuk David (30 November 1895 – 22 December 1977) was an Austrian composer. Life and career David was born in Eferding. He was a choirboy in the monastery of Sankt Florian and studied at an episcopal teacher training college in Linz, ...

, then director of the Wels Bach Choir.Sarah Haslinger
''Josef-Friedrich Doppelbauer''
(PDF) Universität Mozarteum – Persönlichkeiten der Salzburger Musikgeschichte From the age of 11 Josef Friedrich received violin lessons, from the age of 12 piano lessons – free of charge due to his special talent. After his

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, he studied at the

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from 1938, composition with

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and

Walter Kolneder Walter Kolneder (1 July 1910 – 30 January 1994) was an Austrian musicologist and violist. Life and career Koldener was born in Wels, Upper Austria. From 1925 to 1935 he studied music with Bernhard Paumgartner (conducting), Theodor Müller ( ...

, organ with Franz Illenberger, and cello with Wolfgang Grunsky. He passed the artistic maturity examination (''Künstlerische Reifeprüfung'') in composition with distinction only one year later. He studied simultaneously

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and art history at the

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. In 1939, he began studies of music pedagogy at the newly founded Hochschule für Musikerziehung in Graz-Eggenberg, majoring in school music, with organ as his main instrument. In 1940, he passed the organ exam also with distinction. Following several years of military service in World War II from 1940, and being held as a prisoner of war in

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until 1946, he returned to Wels and worked there as organist and choirmaster in the , the main parish church. In addition, he studied music pedagogy at the

from 1954 to 1956, then becoming a

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and composition at the Brucknerkonservatorium in Linz (now

Anton Bruckner Private University The Anton Bruckner Private University (in German ''Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität'', common short form is ''Bruckner University'') is one of five Austrian Universities for Music, Drama and Dance, and one of four universities in Linz, the Euro ...

). In 1958, Doppelbauer married Margarete Stroh. They had three children: Andreas (born 1959), Wolfgang (born 1960) and Thomas (born 1963). From 1960 to 1988, he taught organ, composition and sacred composition at the Mozarteum, where he was appointed associate professor in 1969, and professor three years later. He served as deputy rector from 1971 to 1984. Doppelbauer died in

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at the age of 70. He was buried on 23 January 1989 at the Aigen cemetery.

Awards

* 1958: 1st prize at the international composition competition in Ghent. * 1967: State Prize for Music. * 1972:

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. * 1978: Knight Commander of the

Order of St. Sylvester Pontifical Equestrian Order of Saint Sylvester Pope and Martyr ( la, Ordo Sancti Silvestri Papae, it, Ordine di San Silvestro Papa), sometimes referred to as the Sylvestrine Order, or the Pontifical Order of Pope Saint Sylvester, is one of five o ...

. * 1982:

Austrian Decoration for Science and Art The Austrian Decoration for Science and Art (german: Österreichisches Ehrenzeichen für Wissenschaft und Kunst) is a state decoration of the Republic of Austria and forms part of the Austrian national honours system. History The "Austrian D ...

.List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria since 1952,
(PDF; 6,9 MB)Noten von Josef Friedrich Doppelbauer
(in German) Stretta Musik * 1986: Honorary doctorate (Dr. h.c.) Pontifi cio Istituto di musica sacra, Rome.

Works

Doppelbauer was an author for numerous musical journals. He created an extensive compositional oeuvre that includes many genres and comprises nearly 600 titles. He focused on sacred and secular choral music as well as works for the organ. He composed masses, both in Latin and in German, some

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(in German) j.f.doppelbauer.at * "Ich bin dein", for

men's chorus A men's chorus or male voice choir (MVC) (German: ''Männerchor''), is a choir consisting of men who sing with either a tenor or bass voice, and whose music is typically arranged into high and low tenors (1st and 2nd tenor), and high and low bass ...

. Verlag Merseburger, KasselDoppelbauer, Josef Friedrich
(in German) Merseburger 2018 * "Der Krakauer", for

. Merseburger, Berlin 1962 * Proprium on "

Gelobt seist du, Herr Jesu Christ "Gelobt seist du, Herr Jesu Christ" (Praised be you, Lord Jesus Christ) is a Catholic hymn, addressing Jesus as the King. The five stanzas, composed in 1886, was written by the German Jesuit and hymnologist Guido Maria Dreves, and the melody was ...

" for the

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and other feasts of Jesus, for

mixed choir A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which sp ...

with organ settings for prelude and interludes, Coppenrath Altötting 1960 * Choral setting of "

Sonne der Gerechtigkeit "" (Sun of Justice) is a German Christian hymn with a complex history. The image of a sun of justice or righteousness was created by the prophet Malachi. The text was compiled around 1930 by Otto Riethmüller from older stanzas by different hymn ...

" for both four voices and three voices, Doblinger Vienna 1972 * Setting of "Ihr Hirten, steht auf" for voices with two violins and cello, manuscript * Setting of "

Pange lingua ''Pange lingua'' may refer to either of two Mediaeval Latin hymns of the Roman Catholic Church: one by St. Thomas Aquinas and one by Venantius Fortunatus (530-609), which extols the triumph of the Cross. He wrote it for a procession that brought a ...

(Tantum ergo)" for mixed choir, two trumpets, two horns, two trombones, tuba and organ, manuscript, 1949

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(in German) Austria Forum * {{DEFAULTSORT:Doppelbauer, Josef Friedrich 20th-century Austrian composers 20th-century Austrian male musicians 20th-century classical composers Recipients of the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class 1918 births 1989 deaths People from Wels Anton Bruckner Private University alumni

Life

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