Attenhofer, Carl - Ave Maria - Op.4 - Op.9 - Op.39

for voice(s) and organ / orchestra

year of composition / 1st publication: s.a.

		Composer: Carl Attenhofer (1837-1914) aliases, aka: Karl Attenhofer Country of origin / activity: Switzerland
		Text author: traditional
		Arranger / Editor: N/A

First name	Last name	Birth	Death	ID #	Title	Voicing	Instrumentation
Carl	Attenhofer	1837	1914	Op.4	Ave Maria	S	orch
Carl	Attenhofer	1837	1914	Op.9	Ave Maria	A	orch; org
Carl	Attenhofer	1837	1914	Op.39	Ave Maria	V (3)	org

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A biographical dictionary of musicians (ed. Theodore Baker) G. Schirmer, 1905 - Biography & Autobiography - 695 pages

Attenhofer Karl
b Wettingen Switzerland May 5 1837 Pupil of D Lister Wettingen Kurz Neucnberg and Richter Papperitz Dreyschock Rontgen and Schleinitz Leipzig Cons 1857-8.
1859 teacher of music at Muri Aargau
1863 conductor of Rapperswyl Men's Choral Union and in 1866 took charge of 3 Unions at Zurich where he settled in 1867 He has also held various positions as organist teacher etc
A well known and eminent composer of choral songs for men's voices eg the cantata Hegelingenfahrt 1890 and Fruehlingsfeier op 51 also masses children's songs songs w pf pf pes violin etudes etc

http://www.milkenarchive.org/people/view/all/1136/Attenhofer,+C.+

The identity of C. Attenhofer has not been determined. There was a Swiss composer and choral conductor by the name of Carl Attenhofer (1837–1914), who from the late 1860s on was well known in German-speaking Switzerland. Based in Zurich beginning in 1870, he was director of music at the university there as well as codirector, or second director, of the local conservatory. Although he wrote a substantial amount of chamber music, his primary recognition came from his church and other vocal music—especially his pieces for male voices, which have retained popularity in Switzerland. There is no indication yet discovered, however, that he ever came to America, and no evidence has been found that would point to any involvement in synagogue music. Whether this Carl Attenhofer is the same individual whose setting of “May the Words of My Mouth” (the English adaptation of the prayer text, yih’yu l’ratzon) was included by Max Spicker and William Sparger in their 1901 collection, The Synagogal Service, cannot be known at the present time. It can only be floated as one of multiple possibilities that either Spicker or Sparger, or both, might have been familiar with some of this Swiss Carl Attenhofer’s church music—either from European sources or perhaps from church music available at that time in America. The English text is suitable for Christian worship as well as synagogue use. Without further research, however, there is nothing concrete to support such a conjecture, even as an educated guess. The ‘C. Attenhofer’ whose music was included not only by Spicker and Sparger, but in a few other collections for American Reform worship as well, is just as likely to have been entirely unrelated to the Swiss composer.

Alphabetic listing of musical settings of Carl Attenhofer [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]

http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/a/attenhofer.html

Another list of German songs

http://www.deutscheslied.com/en/search.cgi?cmd=composers&name=Attenhofer%2C+Carl

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