Franz Josef Aumann
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Franz Joseph Aumann (also Auman, Aumon; 24 February 1728, Traismauer – 30 March 1797, Sankt Florian) was an Austrian composer. Before his voice broke, he sang in the same Viennese choir as Michael Haydn and Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, composers with whom he later in life traded manuscripts. In view of this circulation, it is not surprising that some of his music has been incorrectly attributed to Haydn. However, his Missa Profana, satirizing the stuttering and bad singing of a schoolmaster, was once attributed to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Aumann was ordained a priest in the Augustinian Order in St. Florian in 1757, essentially staying there for the rest of his life. He wrote many mass settings.
Aumann's music was a large part of the repertoire at St. Florian in the 19th century, and Anton Bruckner availed himself of this resource for his studies of counterpoint. Bruckner focused a lot of his attention on Aumann's Christmas responsories and an Ave Maria in D major. Bruckner, who liked Aumann's coloured harmony, added in 1879 an accompaniment by three trombones to his settings of Ecce quomodo moritur justus and Tenebrae factae sunt.
Aumann's oeuvre also includes instrumental music, such as some of the earliest string quintets.
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- Balletti lamentabili, C. 59: Sonata - Habsburg Music - Franz Josef Aumann
- Balletto in B Minor, C. 60 "Die Werber" - Habsburg Music - Franz Josef Aumann
- Serenada à cinque, C. 75: No. 4, Ciacona "Nachtwächter" - Habsburg Music - Franz Josef Aumann
- Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Major, C. 138: I. — - Habsburg Music - Franz Josef Aumann
- Violin Sonata No. 2 in D Dorian, C. 139: III. Finale - Habsburg Music - Franz Josef Aumann
- Violin Sonata No. 6 in C Minor, C. 143: III. Adagio - Habsburg Music - Franz Josef Aumann
- Violin Sonata No. 6 in C Minor, C. 143: IV. Gavotte - Habsburg Music - Franz Josef Aumann
- Violin Sonata "Representative Sonata": IV. Der Frosch - Habsburg Music - Franz Josef Aumann
- Violin Sonata "Representative Sonata": VIII. Adagio. Die Wachtel - Habsburg Music - Franz Josef Aumann
- Requiem, Sequentia: Tuba mirum - Habsburg Music - Franz Josef Aumann
- Requiem, Sequentia: Mors stupebit - Habsburg Music - Franz Josef Aumann
- Requiem, Sequentia: Rex tremendae - Habsburg Music - Franz Josef Aumann
- Requiem, Sequentia: Lacrimosa - Habsburg Music - Franz Josef Aumann
- Requiem, Sequentia: Recordare - Habsburg Music - Franz Josef Aumann
- Requiem, Offertorium: Tu suscipe - Habsburg Music - Franz Josef Aumann
- Requiem, Offertorium: Domine - Habsburg Music - Franz Josef Aumann
- Armonico tributo, Sonata No. 2 in G Minor: I. Grave - Habsburg Music - Franz Josef Aumann
- Armonico tributo, Sonata No. 2 in G Minor: VI. Sarabanda - Habsburg Music - Franz Josef Aumann
- Armonico tributo, Sonata No. 3 in A Major: IV. Gavotta - Habsburg Music - Franz Josef Aumann
- Florilegium primum, Fasciculus No. 1 "Eusebia": IV. Gigue I - Habsburg Music - Franz Josef Aumann
- Florilegium primum, Fasciculus No. 2 "Sperantis gaudia": V. Gavotte - Habsburg Music - Franz Josef Aumann
- Florilegium primum, Fasciculus No. 3 "Gratitudo": VII. Menuet - Habsburg Music - Franz Josef Aumann
- Florilegium primum, Fasciculus No. 5 "Sollicitudo": II. Allemande - Habsburg Music - Franz Josef Aumann
- Florilegium primum, Fasciculus No. 5 "Sollicitudo": IV. Gavotte - Habsburg Music - Franz Josef Aumann
- Florilegium primum, Fasciculus No. 5 "Sollicitudo": VI. Bourrée - Habsburg Music - Franz Josef Aumann
- Oratorium germanicum de Passione Domini: Nicht verzage meine Freindin - Habsburg Music - Franz Josef Aumann
- Oratorium germanicum de Passione Domini: Dir Zuliebe - Habsburg Music - Franz Josef Aumann
- Encaenia musices, Op. 1, Sonata No. 3: Bassagalia - Habsburg Music - Franz Josef Aumann
- Encaenia musices, Op. 1, Sonata No. 6: Adagio - Habsburg Music - Franz Josef Aumann
- Requiem: Requiem aeternam - Habsburg Music - Franz Josef Aumann
- Toccata 94 in A Minor - Habsburg Music - Franz Josef Aumann
- Missa in labore requies, Credo: Et in Spiritum Sanctum - Habsburg Music - Franz Josef Aumann
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