Jacques-Louis Battmann

Jacques-Louis Battmann
Portrait by Hermann Raunheim (1850)
Born	25 August 1818 Masevaux, France
Died	7 July 1886(1886-07-07) (aged 67) Dijon
Occupations	Classical organist Composer

Jacques-Louis Battmann (25 August 1818 – 7 July 1886) was a 19th-century French organist and composer.

Life

Born in Masevaux, Battmann was around 1840 organist in Belfort, later in Vesoul and Dijon, where he also died. He published a total of 456 works, mainly in the field of Organ and piano music as well as sacred and secular choral works.

Selected works

for Pipe organ/Harmonium

• Pieces d'Orgue: Entrée, Offertoire, Élévation, Communion, Sortie Opus 30, for organ
• 72 Morceaux pour Orgue ou Harmonium, Opus 60
• Les Immortelles opus 440, for organ or harmonium
• Le plain chant romain harmonisé Opus 250

for Choir

• Messe No. 1 in F major, for two equal voices with organ or harmonium., Opus 143 (New edition Kleinmachnow 2014)
• Messe No. 2 in C major, Opus 282
• Messe No. 3 in E flat major, for two equal voices with organ or harmonium, Opus 366
• Petite messe solennelle in C major, Opus 335
• Messe d’une très facile Exécution for solo and choir in unison with organ or harmonium, Opus 63

Bibliography

• René Muller, "Jacques Louis Battmann", in Nouveau dictionnaire de biographie alsacienne, vol. 2, (p. 127)

External links

• Free scores by Jacques-Louis Battmann at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
• Jacques-Louis Battmann on MUSOPEN
• Noten als Datei auf DVD
• Jacques-Louis Battmann: Sanctus (Messe in F, op.143) on YouTube