Franciscan Authors
Franciscan Authors

Edmund Pascha (Claudianus Ostern, 1714-1772)

Edmund Pascha (Claudianus Ostern, 1714-1772) OFM. Moravian Friar from Kromerízi. He entered the order in 1731 at Hlohovec (Western Slovakia), together with Serafine Piscek. Following his religious formation and studies of philosophy (at Beckov, in Western Slovakia) and theology (at Uherské Hradiste, Eastern Moravia), he embarked on a career as preacher, organist and composer in a range of Franciscan monasteries in the San Salvator province. Much of his time was spent at Presov and at Zilina, where he died on 4 May 1772 after a prolongued illness. He was an original composar, who incorporated folk elements in his music.

Works

  • Prustiansky Prustiansky (1771)

    1771
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  • Vianocná omsa F dur = Weihnachtsmesse F-dur : Harmonia pastoralis Zilinsky kancionál (ca. 1770): a two volume manuscript. The first volume contains a Pastierska harmónia or Harmonia pastoralis , which amounts to a Slovak Christmas mass ( Vianocná omsa F-dur ) with additional songs, carols and a Latin antiphony. The second volume, entitled Pastierske spevy or Prosae pastorales contains 25 Slovak carols for Christmas and New Year. The first volume containing the Pastierska Harmónica has also been attributed to the Franciscan composer Georgius Zrunek (see that entry as well). The Christmas mass Vianocná omsa F-dur from the Pastierska harmónia is an impressive Baroque mass with Slovak folk music elements and a very original instrumentalisation and double chior setup. For a modern edition, see: Vianocná omsa F dur = Weihnachtsmesse F-dur : Harmonia pastoralis , ed. Maria Jana Terrayová (Bratislava, Opus, 1987).

    ca. 1770
    a two volume manuscript. The first volume contains a Pastierska harmónia or Harmonia pastoralis , which amounts to a Slovak Christmas mass ( Vianocná omsa F-dur ) with additional songs, carols and a Latin antiphony. The second volume, entitled Pastierske spevy or Prosae pastorales contains 25 Slovak carols for Christmas and New Year. The first volume containing the Pastierska Harmónica has also been attributed to the Franciscan composer Georgius Zrunek (see that entry as well). The Christmas mass Vianocná omsa F-dur from the Pastierska harmónia is an impressive Baroque mass with Slovak folk music elements and a very original instrumentalisation and double chior setup. For a modern edition, see: Vianocná omsa F dur = Weihnachtsmesse F-dur : Harmonia pastoralis , ed. Maria Jana Terrayová (Bratislava, Opus, 1987).
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  • Musical passions Musical passions: Presovsky (1770)

    1770 Presovsky
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  • Zilinsky (1771), all with four-voice responsaries. Apparently illustrated autograph manuscripts of these passions have survived.

    1771
    all with four-voice responsaries. Apparently illustrated autograph manuscripts of these passions have survived.
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Literature