Oswald Joos (08/08/1837 – 1919), a German composer, from Kißlegg.
Oswald Joos (08/08/1837 - 1919), a German composer and teacher. He was born on August 8th, 1837 in Reichenbach near Schwäbisch Gmünd and was a teacher
in Röhlingen, 1877 in Kisslegg and from 1890 to 1907 senior teacher in Wangen. Oswald Joos died in Wangen in 1919.
Joos composed for the country choirs, taking into account the limited Choir options: Z.T. are the male voices ad libitum, partly are the
Works for 1-part choir and organ. His works are in many archives of the Region preserved. In the meantime there are even new editions of his works.
| Author: | Bertold Büchele |
| Source: | opo_KomponistenAusDerRegion_JoosOswald_buechele2015.pdf |
Missa pro Defunctis
| Period: | Romanticism |
| Musical form: | mass |
| Text/libretto: | Latin mass |
Missa pro Defunctis, Op.9.
| Source: | Robert Chase, Dies Irae: A Guide to Requiem Music, Scarecrow Press, Inc. 2003 |
Missa pro defunctis with Libera me
| Period: | Expressionism |
| Composed in: | 1903 |
| Musical form: | mass |
| Text/libretto: | Latin mass |
| Duration: | 8' |
Missa pro defunctis with Libera me in F major (opus 21) for SATB voices, contains:
01. Introitus
02. Kyrie
03. Graduale
04. Tractus
05. Sequentia
06. Offertorium
07. Sanctus
08. Benedictus
09. Agnus
10. Communio
11. Libera me
This work is an a cappella requiem mass.
