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The Chor von St. Bonifatius (Choir of St. Boniface) is a German mixed choir, the church choir of the parish St. Bonifatius, Wiesbaden. It was founded in 1862 as a male choir and was a mixed choir from 1887. Since 1981 it has been conducted by Gabriel Dessauer, who founded two children's choirs. The group sang the first performance in Germany of John Rutter's ''Mass of the Children'' and performed in Azkoitia, San Sebastián, Görlitz, Bruges, Macon and Rome. Colin Mawby composed for the choir the Missa solemnis ''Bonifatius-Messe'' for the 150th anniversary, celebrated on 3 October 2012. == History == St. Bonifatius, the main Catholic church of Wiesbaden, the capital of Hesse, was consecrated in 1849. In 1862 a men's choir, intended to be a model for the singing of the congregation, was founded by teacher Johann Schickel (1862–1876).〔 From 1876, the choir was conducted by Heinrich Link, but he resigned when boys were permitted to join. From 1887 the high parts were sung by boys, and from 1899 they were sung by female singers. The program for the 50th anniversary lists the oratorio ''Die heilige Elisabeth'' by August Wiltberger. From 1919 to 1929, the director was Franz Xaver Schmitz. For the 60th anniversary, the choir performed the ''Missa "Mater admirabilis"'' by Peter Griesbacher in the service. From 1929 to 1952, Hermann Massenkeil conducted the choir. However, he was conscripted in the military during World War II, and his predecessor Schmitz returned. Massenkeil took detailed notes about the choir's history, mentioning for example that on 19 November 1933 the oratorio "Die heilige Elisabeth" by Joseph Haas was performed. On 16 January 1938, a celebration of the 75th anniversary of the church choir, it presented a cappella works in the Pontifical High Mass, and in a vespers service works from the "kirchenmusikalisches Schaffen zeitgenössischer Komponisten der Kölner, Münchener, Berliner und Wiener Schule" (sacred works by contemporary composers of the Munich, Berlin and Vienna school), for example Hans Lang's ''Laudate Domino'' and Franz Philipp's ''Tantum Ergo''. The organ balcony was severely damaged by an air raid in World War II. The choir had to sing from the altar area until 1949.〔 During the "Festwoche zum 100jährigen Kirchjubiläum" (Festive week for the 100th anniversary of the church), the choir performed Palestrina's Mass "O admirabile commercium" and Bruckner's Locus iste. In a "Kirchenmusikalische Feierstunde zur Wiederherstellung der Bonifatiuskirche" (Festive hour of church music for the restoration of the church) on 7 May 1950, they sang the third part of the oratorio ''Das Lebensbuch Gottes'' by Haas and a cantata for St. Mary by Carl Thiel. The chronicle for the 100th anniversary in 1962 summarizes: "Die seit 1929 verzeichneten künstlerischen Ereignisse geben nun ein so überwältigendes Zeugnis lebendigster Anteilnahme des Chores und seiner Führung an den allgemeinreligiösen, liturgischen, kirchenmusikalischen und allgemeinkulturellen Belangen dieser Zeit ..." ("The artistic events recorded since 1929 stand now as a magnificent testimony to the very lively part played by the choir and its leadership in the general religious, liturgical, and church-music life and in the common cultural landscape of this period.").〔 From 1952, Günther Nierle was the director. Nierle had been organist at the Breslau Cathedral from 1935.〔 He performed, among others, Hans Leo Hassler's ''Missa "Dixit Maria"'', Handel's ''Dettingen Te Deum'' and Mozart's ''Krönungsmesse''.〔 From 1963 to 1980, Peter Kempin was the cantor. He performed works by Monteverdi, Pergolesi, Schütz, Bach, Cherubini, Mendelsohn, Bruckner and Hindemith, partly for the first time in the city.〔 The choir sang the premiere of the Mass ''Deutsche Messe mit Einheitsliedern'' for mixed choir, six brass players and congregational singing (1965) by Friedrich Zehm on 15 September 1968 in a festive service for the diocese, the ''Limburger Kreuzwoche'' (Limburg week of the Cross), with members of the Hessisches Staatsorchester.〔 Kempin conducted the premiere of the Requiem by Christoph Straus (17th century), for soloists, choir and orchestra.〔 He was succeeded in 1981 by Gabriel Dessauer, who increased the choir to about 107 members (as of 2012)〔 and founded two children's choirs. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chor von St. Bonifatius」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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