!!!Lechthaler, Josef

b. Rattenberg (Tyrol), Dec. 31, 1891, 
d. Vienna, Aug. 21, 1948, music educator and composer of church music. 
1924 teacher at the department of church music at the Vienna Academy 
of Music, (1932-1938 and 1945-1948 its head). Made important 
contributions to the development of musical education in Austria; 
introduced the subject "school music" at the Academy of Music in 1933.

!Works
Masses (Missa Gaudens gaudebo, 1932); Rosa mystica, 1949; 
Stabat mater, 1928. - Lieder, choral works, organ, piano and chamber 
music.

!Literature
F. Knoflach, Die kirchenmusikal. Werke J. L., doctoral 
thesis., Innsbruck, 1963; E. Tittel, J. L., 1966; NDB.



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