Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 2009 Joseph Messner's organ music: evolution of a style Julie Powell Rozman Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations Part of the Music Commons Recommended Citation Rozman, Julie Powell, "Joseph Messner's organ music: evolution of a style" (2009). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 775. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/775 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized graduate school editor of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please [email protected]. JOSEPH MESSER’S ORGA MUSIC: EVOLUTIO OF A STYLE A Monograph Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts in The School of Music by Julie Rozman B. M., Louisiana State University, 1993 B. M., Universitӓt Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria, 1999 M. M., Louisiana State University 2005 August 2009 © Copyright 2009 Julie Powell Rozman All rights reserved ii ACKOWLEDGMETS I would like to express gratitude to Dr. Herndon Spillman, my major professor, for the exceptional support, encouragement, and guidance he has shown me throughout my doctoral studies. I am additionally thankful to the members of my committee for the assistance they have given, especially to Dr. David H. Smyth for his invaluable insight during the writing of this document. I am grateful to Mag. Ingrid Loimer for her generosity in kindly sharing many documents as well as her expertise during this project. Sincere appreciation goes to Gerhart Engelbrecht, founder of the Joseph Messner Society, for his biographical and musicological research of Messner. Special thanks are extended to Professor Heribert Metzger, organist of the Salzburg cathedral, for his kind assistance, and to Salzburg Domkapellmeister Jànos Czifra for introducing me to the music of Messner as well as for his long-standing encouragement. My parents and sisters continue to be crucially supportive in my life, and my son is a golden inspiration. Finally, I am sincerely grateful to my husband Jure for his technical assistance, and even more importantly, for his love and support. iii TABLE OF COTETS ACKOWLEDGMETS……………………………………………………………....………iii LIST OF EXAMPLES………………………………………………………..………………...vi LIST OF FIGURES…………………………………………………………..………………....ix ABSTRACT………………………………………………………………….…………………...x ITRODUCTIO…………………………………………………………………………….…1 CHAPTER OE: BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY..…………………………….……………...…...….3 The Early Years (1893-1917)……………………...…………...………….……….3 Post-World War I (1918-1925)……………………………….……………………4 Salzburg Cathedral Musical Life (1926-1932)……………………………………5 Years of Political Difficulty and World War II (1933-1945)……....……….……6 Post-World War II Years (1945-1969)…………………………………………….8 TWO: IMPROVISATIO ÜBER EI THEMA VO ATO BRUCKER, OP. 19... 10 Structural Analysis………………………………………………………………..11 Compositional Techniques………………………………………………………..18 Registration and Other Performance Considerations…………...……………...24 THREE: PARAPHRASE ÜBER DIE ÖSTERREICHISCH-DEUTSCHE VOLKSHYME, OP. 28 AD ORGELBUCH SETTIG …..………..…….…26 The 1918 Hymnal Setting ………………………...………..………………………28 Structural Analysis……………………………………………………………..…28 1931 Paraphrase über die österreichisch-deutsche Volkshymne …………………31 Structural Analysis………………………………………………………………..32 Compositional Techniques………………………………………………………..37 Registration and Other Performance Considerations………...………………40 FOUR: SUITE FÜR ORGEL, OP. 33 ..….…………….…………….…………………….42 Structural Analysis……………………………………………..…...……………42 Compositional Techniques……………………………………..……...............…47 Registration and Other Performance Considerations………………………….50 COCLUSIO…………………………………………………………………………………52 BIBLIOGRAPHY………………………………………………………………………………55 iv APPEDIX A: SPECIFICATIO OF THE HELDEORGEL ……............……………….…….58 B: SPECIFICATIO OF THE SALZBURG CATHEDRAL ORGA……..……..59 C: LETTERS OF PERMISSIO.……………………………….………..………..…60 VITA……….……………………………………………………………………………………63 v LIST OF EXAMPLES Example 1. Joseph Messner , Improvisation über ein Thema von Bruckner, op. 19, incipit...... ...11 Example 2. Joseph Messner , Improvisation über ein Thema von Bruckner, op. 19, mm. 1-5..............................................................................................................................12 Example 3. Joseph Messner , Improvisation über ein Thema von Bruckner, op. 19, mm. 20-29………….………………………………………………………………….....13 Example 4. Joseph Messner , Improvisation über ein Thema von Bruckner , op. 19, mm. 53-56………………………………………………………………………………..14 Example 5. Joseph Messner, Improvisation über ein Thema von Bruckner, op. 19, mm. 69-70………………………………………………………………………………..14 Example 6. Joseph Messner , Improvisation über ein Thema von Bruckner, op. 19 , mm. 73-76………………………………………………………………………………..15 Example 7. Joseph Messner , Improvisation über ein Thema von Bruckner, op. 19 , mm. 95-100………………………………………………………………………………16 Example 8. Joseph Messner , Improvisation über ein Thema von Bruckner, op. 19, mm. 107-109………………...…………………………………………………………...16 Example 9. Joseph Messner , Improvisation über ein Thema von Bruckner , op.19, mm. 110-116………………..……………………………………………………………17 Example 10. Joseph Messner , Improvisation über ein Thema von Bruckner , op.19, mm. 127-130………………………………….……………………………………...…..18 Example 11. Joseph Messner , Improvisation über ein Thema von Bruckner , op.19, mm. 61-64………...……………………….………………………………………….....19 Example 12. Joseph Messner, Improvisation über ein Thema von Bruckner , op.19, mm. 69-70………………………………………………………………………………..20 Example 13. Joseph Messner , Improvisation über ein Thema von Bruckner , op.19, mm. 49-54………………………...…………………………………………………..….21 Example 14. Joseph Messner , Improvisation über ein Thema von Bruckner , op.19, mm. 95-100……………………………..………………………………………………..22 Example 15. Joseph Messner , Improvisation über ein Thema von Bruckner , op.19, mm. 114-118…………………………..…………………………………………………23 vi Example 16. Joseph Messner , Improvisation über ein Thema von Bruckner , op.19, mm. 127-130……………………………………………………………….………….....24 Example 17. Joseph Messner, Gott erhalte, Gott beschütze, “1. Vorspiel,” mm. 1-5…………..28 Example 18. Joseph Messner, Gott erhalte, Gott beschütze, “1. Vorspiel,” mm. 16-21………..29 Example 19. Joseph Messner, Gott erhalte, Gott beschütze, “2. Vorspiel,” mm. 1-2…………...29 Example 20. Joseph Messner, Gott erhalte, Gott beschütze, “Lied,” mm. 1-14……………..…30 Example 21. Joseph Messner, Gott erhalte, Gott beschütze, “Nachspiel,” mm. 1-6…………….30 Example 22. Joseph Messner, Gott erhalte, Gott beschütze, “Fuge,” mm. 24-29…………...…..30 Example 23. Joseph Messner, Gott erhalte, Gott beschütze, “Fuge,” mm. 7-10……………...…31 Example 24. Joseph Messner, Gott erhalte, Gott beschütze , “Kurzes Nachspiel,” mm. 1-4…....31 Example 25. Joseph Messner, Paraphrase über die österreichisch-deutsche Volkshymne, op. 28, mm. 1-2………………………………………………………………………......33 Example 26. Joseph Messner, Paraphrase über die österreichisch-deutsche Volkshymne, op. 28, mm. 12-15………………………………………………………………………..33 Example 27. Joseph Messner, Paraphrase über die österreichisch-deutsche Volkshymne, op. 28, mm. 31-33…………………………………………………………………...…...34 Example 28. Joseph Messner, Paraphrase über die österreichisch-deutsche Volkshymne, op. 28, mm. 69-72………………………………………………………………………..34 Example 29. Joseph Messner, Paraphrase über die österreichisch-deutsche Volkshymne, op. 28, mm. 103-106………………………...………………………………………...…35 Example 30. Joseph Messner, Paraphrase über die österreichisch-deutsche Volkshymne, op. 28, mm. 140-147………………………………………………………………..……35 Example 31. Joseph Messner, Paraphrase über die österreichisch-deutsche Volkshymne, op. 28, mm. 199-201…………………………..………………………………………....36 Example 32. Joseph Messner, Paraphrase über die österreichisch-deutsche Volkshymne, op. 28, mm. 217-227…………………………..…………………………………………37 Example 33. Joseph Messner, Paraphrase über die österreichisch-deutsche Volkshymne, op. 28, mm. 212-216……………………………..……………………………………....37 Example 34. Joseph Messner, Paraphrase über die österreichisch-deutsche Volkshymne, op. 28 , mm. 69-72…………………………..………………………..……………...….38 vii Example 35. Joseph Messner, Paraphrase über die österreichisch-deutsche Volkshymne, op. 28 mm. 199-201………………………….……………………………………….....39 Example 36. Joseph Messner, Paraphrase über die österreichisch-deutsche Volkshymne, op. 28, mm. 48-53……………………………...………………………………………...41 Example 37. Joseph Messner, Suite, op. 33, “Prӓludium,” mm. 1-5…………………..………..43 Example 38. Joseph Messner, Suite, op. 33, “Prӓludium,” mm. 12-18……………...………….43 Example 39. Joseph Messner, Suite, op. 33, “ Prӓludium,” mm. 19-26………………………....43 Example 40. Joseph Messner, Suite, op. 33, “ Prӓludium,” mm. 48-54………………………....44 Example 41. Joseph Messner, Suite, op. 33, “Sarabande,” mm. 1-8…………………....………45 Example 42. Joseph Messner, Suite, op. 33, “Fugato,” mm. 1-5……………………….………..46 Example 43. Joseph Messner, Suite, op. 33, “Fugato,” mm. 23-28……………………………..46 viii LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Improvisation über ein Thema von Bruckner: form and key area chart………...……11 Figure 2: Paraphrase über die österreichisch-deutsche Volkshymne : form and key area chart………………………………………………….………………32 ix ABSTRACT Joseph Messner (1893-1969) achieved fame in Europe