Anton Cajetan Adlgasser (1729 – 1777) was a German
organist and composer at Salzburg Cathedral and at
court, and composed a good deal of liturgical music
(including eight masses and two requiems) as well as
oratorios and orchestral and keyboard works.
Born in Inzell, Bavaria, he moved to Salzburg, where he
studied under Johann Ernst Eberlin. From 1750 he was
organist at the Salzburg Cathedral, where he remained
the rest of his life. After a visit to Italy in 1764-5
he set Metastasio'...(+)
Anton Cajetan Adlgasser (1729 – 1777) was a German
organist and composer at Salzburg Cathedral and at
court, and composed a good deal of liturgical music
(including eight masses and two requiems) as well as
oratorios and orchestral and keyboard works.
Born in Inzell, Bavaria, he moved to Salzburg, where he
studied under Johann Ernst Eberlin. From 1750 he was
organist at the Salzburg Cathedral, where he remained
the rest of his life. After a visit to Italy in 1764-5
he set Metastasio's La Nitteti (his only opera)
performed in Salzburg (1767), and in 1767 he
collaborated with Mozart and Michael Haydn on the
oratorio Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots. Mozart,
who had a high regard for Adlgasser's music, succeeded
him as Organist at Salzburg Cathedral in 1777.
Adlgasser's first marriage, in 1752, was to Maria
Josepha, the daughter of his predecessor, J.E. Eberlin,
at Salzburg Cathedral. Four years later he married
Maria Barbara Schwab, and in 1769 the court singer
Maria Anna Fesemayer (1743–82), who sang in Die
Schuldigkeit and created the role of Ninetta in La
finta semplice. Leopold Mozart stood witness to the
third wedding.
The English Lyrics read: "Say among the nations, the
Lord hath reigned from the wood. Sweet the wood, sweet
the nails, the weight of bearing sweet, thou alone wast
worthy to bear the King of heaven and the Lord.
Enthroned".
Although originally created for accompanied chorus, I
created this arrangement for Woodwinds (Flute, Oboe,
Clarinet, & Bassoon), String Ensemble (Violins (2),
Viola, Cello, Bass & Contrabass) & Concert (Pedal)
Harp.
