Peter Piel

Life

Born: 12 August 1835, Kessenich

Died: 21 August 1904, Boppard

Biography

German composer and music theorist. He worked at the Royal School Teachers' Seminary in Boppard from 1868 until his death. His works include 41 masses and other functional music for simple church music conditions, committed to the ideals of the Cecilian Movement. He is one of the most important reformers of church music in 19th-century Germany.

View the German Wikipedia article on Peter Piel. (English translation by Google)

List of choral works

• Adoro te, o panis caelice
• Mēs pielūdzam - Adoro Te
• O esca viatorum

 
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