Carlmann Kolb, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German priest, pipe organist, composer
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Place of Birth: Bavaria, Germany
About Carlmann Kolb
- Carlmann Kolb (29 January 1703 – 15 January 1765) was a German priest, organist, and composer. He was born in Kösslarn, Griesbach, Lower Bavaria, and educated in Asbach and Landshut.
- He was ordained a priest in 1729 at the Benedictine Asbach Abbey, and was also appointed organist there.
- He acted as tutor to the family of the Count of Tattenbach-Reinstein in Munich, and received his patronage.
- He died in Munich. His known works are the Sinfonia in F major for harpsichord and strings, which is lost, and the Certamen aonium (Augsburg, 1733), composed of a prelude, three verses in the form of short fughettas and a cadenza on each of the church modes.
- The style shows influence by Franz Xaver Murschhauser and Gottlieb Muffat.
- Modern editions have been published in Altötting, 1959, ed.
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- Walter, and Heidelberg, 1960.
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