P. Anselm Hackenwälder (1730–1772): augustinián a regenschori u sv. Tomáše v Brně a jeho svitavské kořeny
P. Anselm Hackenwälder (1730–1772) – Augustinian and Regenschori at St. Thomas in Brno and His Svitavy Roots

Summary/Abstract: The study deals with a hitherto little-known personality who shaped Brno musical life in the 1750s and 1760s. Wenzel Joseph Hackenwälder grew up in the environment of a cantorial family active in Svitavy from the beginning of the 18th century, where he probably received his basic musical education. He received further general and musical education from the Piarists in Litomyšl and the Jesuits in Olomouc. After joining the Augustinian Order of Eremites in Brno and being ordained a priest (1755), he became the director of the choir as P. Anselm, a position he held for the next 17 years until his untimely death. The paper summarises previously unpublished facts about Hackenwälder’s origins and family background. It also discusses his extensive acquisition activities for the music collection of the St. Thomas’ Convent Choir, for which he himself acquired many copies of works by composers known and performed at the time, as well as a number of anonymous works. In accordance with the specific form of devotion of the Brno Augustinians, focused on reverence for the image of St. Mary and St. Thomas, these are mainly musical settings of the Loreto litanies. Hackenwälder’s personal music collection.

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