Immanuel Faisst

Gottlob Friedrich Immanuel Faisst ( born October 13, 1823 in Esslingen am Neckar, † June 5, 1894 in Stuttgart ) was a German composer and co-founder of the Stuttgart Musikhochschule, whose leader he was, until his death.

Life

Despite its recognized early musical talent Faisst took his father's wishes, following a study of Protestant theology at the seminary Schonthal and the Tubingen on that 1844 ended with the first ecclesiastical exams. With the aid of a scholarship he could take up a study of church music in Berlin at the Academy of Arts, where he at the beginning nor Felix Mendelssohn met and otherwise especially the organist Carl August Haupt and the theorist Siegfried Dehn benefited.

1846 moved Faißt to Stuttgart, where he worked first as a piano teacher and took over the same year the line an organ school. A major focus of his work was his work as a conductor with two Stuttgart mixed choirs. The association founded by Alois Schmitt for classical church music, the Faißt headed until 1891, became one of the leading German choirs church music. In the period from 1848 to 1857, he additionally Faißt the Stuttgarter Liederkranz. Besides his doctorate Faißt 1849 in Tübingen with a musicological topic.

In 1856 he was appointed professor, and in 1857 he founded together with Sigmund Lebert, Wilhelm Speidel and other musicians the Stuttgart Music School, today's University of Music and Performing Arts in Stuttgart. In 1859, he took over the line that he stopped for over three decades until his death.

Because of its successful and highly respected choral work Faisst was appointed head of the Württemberg song festivals. In 1865, he was in Dresden, the conductor of the first song festival was founded in 1862 German Singers' Union. The South German choir life he coined for his numerous activities as composer, conductor, organizer and judges.

Works

His compositions are in the tradition of Mendelssohn, but also the in-depth knowledge of the time before Bach benefited his compositions. In addition to several instrumental works and songs for a soloist, he composed primarily for choirs, both a cappella and with accompaniment by an orchestra. Among the best known pieces include the Organ Works Introduction and Fugue in D minor and the Sonata in E major, the a cappella singing solace song and the motet I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever.

In addition, he has published several textbooks for teaching music, including 1847 TONSATZLEHRE for future organists and 1880-1882 together with L. Stark elementary and choral singing school for higher educational institutions.