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Adlgasser, Anton CajetanAdlgasser, Maria AnnaAfferi, ElenaAfferi, GiuseppeAgliardi(s), Peter Anton IgnazAgujari (alias La Bastardella), LucreziaAlbrizzi, GiambattistaAllegri, Giovanni BattistaAlphen, Eusebius JohannAlphonsoAltemps, Giuseppe MariaAmann, Optatus BasilAmbreville, LeonoreAprile, GiuseppeArco, (Famiglia)Arco, Francesco EugenioArco, Johann Georg Anton FelixArco, Karl Joseph FelixArco, Maria Josepha ViktoriaAsti von Asteburg, FrancescoAsti von Asteburg, MarianneAttems, Ludwig
Born: Inzell (Germany) 01/10/1729 Died: Inzell (Germany) 21-2/12/1777
Roles
1. Court and Cathedral organist (1750)
2. Dreifaltigskeitskirche organist (1760)
Organist and composer. A., who from 1744 studied at the Salzburg Cathedral chapel house, was appointed court and cathedral organist in 1750; from 1760 he also served as organist at the Dreifaltigskeitskirche. Chiefly a composer of sacred music. A. collaborated with Michael Haydn and Mozart on the oratorio Die Schuldigkeit des erstens Gebots (1767). A friend of the Mozart family - Leopold was a witness at all three of his wedddings - A. died after suffering a stroke while performing at the cathedral. Leopold described the event in a lettere of 22 December 1777. Mozart succeeded Adlgasser as court and cathedral organist in 1779. Lit.: De Catanzaro and Rainer, Anton Cajetan Adlgasser (1728-1777). A Thematic Catalogue of his Works; Schmid, Mozart und die Salzburger Tradition; Schuler, 136-8
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Eisen, Cliff et al. In Mozart's Words, 'Anton Cajetan Adlgasser' <http://letters.mozartways.com>. Version 1.0, published by HRI Online, 2011. ISBN 9780955787676.