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Johann Baptist Joseph Krottendorfer
1741 - 1798
Austria
Joseph Krottendorfer (26/04/1741 - 10/04/1798), an Austrian composer, working in Vienna. He was born in Purgstall a. d. Erlauf. Joseph Kaintz and Joseph Krottendorfer, two somewhat later colleagues of Eybler at the Schottenkloster in Vienna, composed several requiems, that though generally undistinguished, were given many performances in the mid-19th century in Vienna.
Requiem
The exact number of requiems Krottendorfer wrote is unknown.
Requiem in E flat major
No details available.
additions to the Requiem of Florian Leopold Gassmann
In this period (19th century), there was nothing unusual in performing incomplete or fragmentary church works; for example, the uncompleted Requiem of Florian Leopold Gassmann, with additions from Joseph Krottendorfer as well as Father Joseph Kaintz, remained in the repertory of the Hofburg chapel well into the first half of the nineteenthh century.
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