Johann Gustav Eduard Stehle (1839 - 1915), was a Swiss
composer, organist, chapel master and professor of
Swiss music.
Stehle studied at Schwäbisch Gmünd. In 1870 he took
up the post of organist at St. Columbian's Church in
Rorschach . He founded the St.Gallen Cecilian Society
for the promotion of Catholic vocal music. In 1874
Stehle was appointed music director of the Abbey of St.
Gallen where he made a reputation as a composer and
conductor. The University of Friborg awarded him a
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Johann Gustav Eduard Stehle (1839 - 1915), was a Swiss
composer, organist, chapel master and professor of
Swiss music.
Stehle studied at Schwäbisch Gmünd. In 1870 he took
up the post of organist at St. Columbian's Church in
Rorschach . He founded the St.Gallen Cecilian Society
for the promotion of Catholic vocal music. In 1874
Stehle was appointed music director of the Abbey of St.
Gallen where he made a reputation as a composer and
conductor. The University of Friborg awarded him a
doctorate of arts in 1911.
During his career, he is also a chapel master at
Eichstätt and a professor at Winterthur.
The mass (Latin: missa), a form of sacred musical
composition, is a choral composition that sets the
invariable portions of the Eucharistic liturgy
(principally that of the Catholic Church, the Anglican
Communion, and Lutheranism) to music. Most masses are
settings of the liturgy in Latin, the liturgical sacred
language of the Catholic Church's Roman liturgy, but
there are a significant number written in the languages
of non-Catholic countries where vernacular worship has
long been the norm. For example, there are many masses
(often called "communion services") written in English
for the Church of England. Musical masses take their
name from the Catholic liturgy called "the mass" as
well.
Masses can be a cappella, that is, without an
independent accompaniment, or they can be accompanied
by instrumental obbligatos up to and including a full
orchestra. Many masses, especially later ones, were
never intended to be performed during the celebration
of an actual mass.
Source: Wikipedia
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_(music)).
Although originally composed for Choir (SATB) and
Organ, I created this Interpretation of the Missa
"Salve Regina" for Winds (Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet &
Bassoon) and Strings (2 Violins, Viola & Cello)