Nikolaus Betscher (1745-1811) - Missa in C (1794)

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Composer: Nikolaus Betscher (1745-1811)
Work: Missa in C (1794)
Performers: HeIga Spatzеk (soprano); Ernst-WoIfgang Lauеr (bariton); Stеfan BIеicher (organ); State Choir LATVIJA; Camerata vocaIis of the University of Tübingеn; Chamber orchestra of Tübingеn; AIеxandеr Sumskі (conductor)

Painting: Giacomo van Lint (1723-1790) - Lateranbasilika Rom (c.1790)
Further info: https://koris.lv/en/nikolaus-betscher...

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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 Premonstratensian 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.