Jacques-Louis Battmann (25 August 1818 – 7 July 1886) was a 19th-century French

organist An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ (music), organ. An organist may play organ repertoire, solo organ works, play with an musical ensemble, ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumentalist, instrumental ...

and composer.

Life

Born in

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, Battmann was around 1840 organist in

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, later in

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and

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, where he also died. He published a total of 456 works, mainly in the field of Organ and piano music as well as sacred and secular choral works.

Selected works

;for

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* ''Pieces d'Orgue: Entrée, Offertoire, Élévation, Communion, Sortie'' Opus 30, for organ * ''72 Morceaux pour Orgue ou Harmonium'', Opus 60 * ''Les Immortelles'' opus 440, for organ or harmonium * ''Le plain chant romain harmonisé'' Opus 250 for

Choir A choir ( ), also known as a chorale or chorus (from Latin ''chorus'', meaning 'a dance in a circle') is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform or in other words ...

* ''Messe No. 1'' in F major, for two equal voices with organ or harmonium., Opus 143Mass No.1, Op.143
on OPENMUSIC (New edition Kleinmachnow 2014) * ''Messe No. 2'' in C major, Opus 282 * ''Messe No. 3'' in E flat major, for two equal voices with organ or harmonium, Opus 366 * ''Petite messe solennelle'' in C major, Opus 335 * ''Messe d’une très facile Exécution'' for solo and choir in unison with organ or harmonium, Opus 63

References

Bibliography

* René Muller, "Jacques Louis Battmann", in ', vol. 2, (p. 127)

External links

*
Jacques-Louis Battmann
on MUSOPEN

Jacques-Louis Battmann: Sanctus (Messe in F, op.143)
on YouTube {{DEFAULTSORT:Battmann, Jacques French male composers French classical organists 19th-century French composers Sacred music composers 1818 births Musicians from Haut-Rhin 1886 deaths 19th-century French male musicians French male classical organists 19th-century French organists