!!!Romantic Period - Early 19th Century
!!Joseph Leopold Edler von Eybler: ''Terra tremuit''

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Josef Leopold Edler von Eybler (1765
Schwechat/Lower Austria - 1846 Vienna) broke out of his middle-class
origins and achieved  musical as well as social success. He was not
only a student of Albrechtsberger, but
also enjoyed close contacts to Haydn and
W. A. Mozart, with whom he was even on friendly terms. In 1824 Emperor
Francis I made him his chapelmaster; in 1834 he was ennobled. Eybler
was known mainly as the composer of church music. The Offertorium
''Terra tremuit'' is part of the Easter Sunday liturgy.  The opening
words find their musical expression with tremolo figures and dotted
notes. Christ's resurrection is represented with an upward-moving
chromatic theme, which Eybler then develops in a large fugue. (E. Stadler)

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