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Joseph Drechsler
1782 - 1852
Czech Republic
| J. Drechsler |
Joseph Drechsler (26/05/1782 - 27/02/1852), a Bohemian conductor, organist and composer (from Vlachovo Brezi, Bohemia).
| Source: | Grove’s dictionary of music and musicians |
| Contributor: | Tassos Dimitriadis (picture) |
Requiem in C minor
| Period: | Early Romanticism |
| Musical form: | mass |
| Text/libretto: | Latin mass |
His requiem is in C minor, op. 19, is for soloists, choir and orchestra. He wrote mostly church music, e.g. 16 masses and a requiem and a lot of incidental music for the Leopoldstädter Theatre in Vienna.
| Source: | Grove's dictionary of music and musicians and MGG Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, Bärenreiter 1999 |
| Contributor: | Tassos Dimitriadis & Hermann Puchta |