Nikolaus Betscher (1745-1811) - Requiem g-moll (1788)

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Composer: Nikolaus Betscher (1745-1811)
Work: Requiem g-moll (1788)
Performers: Staatschor der RepubIik LettIand; Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden/Freiburg; AIexander Sumski (conductor)

Painting: Pieter Jozef Verhaghen (1728-1811) - The funeral procession blessed Margaretha of Louvain
Image in high resolution: https://flic.kr/p/2jXmo8n

Further info: https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Nikolaus-Betscher-1745-1811-Missa-brevis-g-moll/hnum/4680594
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Nikolaus (Leonardus Wolfgangus) Betscher
(Berkheim, 31 October 1745 - Rot an der Rot, 18 November 1811)

German composer. He was educated at the Premonstratensians abbey of Rot an der Rot and later became a monk there, taking the name Nikolaus; in 1769 he was ordained priest. He served as abbot from 1789 until the dissolution of the abbey in the secularization of 1803. As a composer he was decisively influenced by Michael Haydn. His works are in the early Viennese Classical style and show him to have been accomplished in the forms and techniques of church music of his day; they are marked by a consistent use of sonata form, melodic inventiveness and originality of texture and instrumentation. Betscher’s music lay largely forgotten until interest in it was renewed in 1984. #ClassicalMusic