Gottfried von Preyer (15 March 1807 – 9 May 1901) was an Austrian composer, conductor and teacher.

Biography

Preyer was born in Hausbrunn and studied with

Simon Sechter Simon Sechter (11 October 1788 – 10 September 1867) was an Austrian music theorist, composer, conductor, and organist. He is best known as a strict music teacher, whose many students included Anton Bruckner, Sigismond Thalberg, and Henri ...

from 1828 to 1834. He became professor of

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and composition at the Vienna Conservatory in 1839, and from 1844 to 1849 he was director of the conservatory. He was organist of St. Stephen's Cathedral in vienna for 57 years. He founded children's hospital Gottfried von Preyer'sches Kinderspital bearing his name. He died in

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, aged 94. Preyer attributed his long career to his teetotalism and

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diet.

Works

Preyer composed over 600 pieces of sacred and secular music, only a few of which were printed: 4 requiems, 5 Te Deums, around 25 masses, hymns and responsories, organ works, symphonies, string quartets and songs. The oratorio Noah and the operas Walladmor, Die Freymannshöhle and Amaranth are well known. His compositions of sacred music are still part of the standard repertoire of church music today

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Biography
(in German)
German Wikipedia articleBiographical information

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