Benedict Geissler [also: Geisler] (1696 - 1772), a (South) German composer wrote two requiem masses. He was an Augustinian monk, possibly at the monastery of Trieffenstein, to whose abbot his offertories of 1743 are dedicated.
| Source: | The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians and Propylaën - Welt Der Musik - Die Komponisten |
Missa pro defunctis
| Period: | Baroque |
| Composed in: | 1738 |
| Musical form: | mass |
| Text/libretto: | Latin mass |
Missa pro defunctis for SATB voices.
| Source: | Dagny Wegner, Requiemvertonungen in Frankreich zwischen 1670 und 1850, Hamburg, 2005 |
Requiem
| Period: | Baroque |
| Composed in: | 1744 |
| Musical form: | mass |
| Text/libretto: | Latin mass |
This requiem mass, opus 5, is for four voices, instruments and basso continuo, written in 1744.
| Source: | The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians and Propylaën - Welt Der Musik - Die Komponisten |
| Contributor: | Tassos Dimitriadis
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