Die katholische Kirchenmusik der Banater Deutschen und die Dommusik zu Temeswar
Banat-German Catholic Church Music and the Cathedral of Timișoara's Music

Summary/Abstract: After the Turkish wars in 1718 the Banat-Swabians had the greatest impact on the music of the Roman Catholic Church of the Banat. During the first decades of the 18th century German musicians and instrument makers, mostly from Bohemia, settled down in the Banat. Banat’s church music had been on the same high standards as in other regions of Central Europe. Important musicians as Joseph Kratochwill, Franz Limmer, Moritz Pfeiffer, Martin Nováček, Desiderius Járosy, and Desiderius Braun contributed their work not only in the rural areas but also at the Cathedral (Der Dom) of Timișoara until the end of World War II. Among them, Kratochwill and Limmer were composers whose works were also published in Vienna. Járosy and Braun were musicologists whose works were released in several languages.

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