Mikuláš Schneider-Trnavský
KSG (24 May 1881,
Trnava
– 28 May 1958, Bratislava
) was a Slovak composer, conductor and
pedagogue. He was popular mostly because of his songs, some
becoming traditional.
Life
In 1900, he passed his
maturita exam in
Trnava. From 1900 to 1901, he studied composition at the
Budapestian conservatory with
Hans von
Koessler. From 1901 to 1903, he studied at the conservatory in
Vienna with
Hermann
Graedener. Finally, from 1903 to 1905, he studied organ playing
in Prague with
Josef Klička and
composition with
Carl Stecker.
After his
studies, he became regenschori in Zrenjanin
, Serbia. In 1908, he performed together with
Czech barytonist
Bohumír
Nepomucký on the concert tour through Europe. After returning
to Trnava, in 1909, he became regenschori at the Saint Nicholas
Cathedral in Trnava and remained at this post until his
death.
Works
His most known achievement is a compilation of catholic songs
Jednotný
katolícky spevník (Standard Catholic hymnbook) created on
demand by
Spolok svätého Vojtecha (St. Vojtech Society).
It was published in 1937 after about fifteen years of work and
contains over 500 songs, nearly half of them auctorial. Some of the
songs were taken from the first Slovak Catholic hymnbook
Cantus catholici (1651 or
1655). Since its publication, this hymnbook has been used as the
main source of the church songs by all Slovak Catholics. For this
work, he was named the Knight of the
Order of St. Gregory the
Great by
Pope Pius X in 1933.
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