Franz de Paula Raab (1764-1804) - Angelis suis Deus (1794)

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Composer: Franz de Paula Raab (1764-1804)
Work: Graduale 'Angelis suis Deus' pro Festo S: Angelorum Custod (1794)
Software: Sibelius + Instruments samples + Choir samples (soprano)
World Premiere: Yes
Sheet music (pdf): https://vmirror.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/7/77/IMSLP888757-PMLP1398960-full_score.pdf
Sheet music (xml): https://www.mediafire.com/file/4gf2hh7jq0pto0g/RAAB-AngelisSuisDeus.xml/file

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Franz de Paula Raab
(Pausram [now Puzdřany], 8 February 1764 - Seitenstetten, 21 May 1804)

Austrian composer. The son of a peasant, he was at first an apprentice musician (Thurnergeselle) in Purgstall, Lower Austria, and around 1780 obtained a position as a bass singer in the Benedictine abbey of Seitenstetten, where in 1788 he succeeded the organist and composer Christian Widmann. In 1794 he had composition lessons from Albrechtsberger in Vienna. In his sacred music he closely followed the style of Michael Haydn, carefully observing liturgical considerations. His secular compositions consist of patriotic works from the time of the wars with France and functional music for use in the monastery. His music was performed in Seitenstetten until 1875. As a composer, he wrote a Requiem in e-moll (1796), Requiem in c-moll, Vespers, Cantatas, and dozens of graduals and offertories, as well as songs and keyboard pieces.