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Ludwig Bonvin S.J.1850-1939
LUDWIG BONVINMedicine & Law (Early years)
Priest
Composer
Educator
Writer
February 17, 1850Born in Siders, Switzerland
Switzerland
1862-1870 College in Sion,Switzerland
1870-1872 Medicine Vienna University,
Austria
1872-1874 Law, Sion, Switzerland
1874 - Entered Society of Jesus, Exaeten, Holland
1876 Humanities, Wynandsrade, Holland
1878 Philosophy, Bylenbeek, Holland
1881 Prefect of Discipline, Austria
1882 Theology, Ditton Hall, England
1885 Ordained Priest, Ditton Hall
1886 Tertianship, Portico, England
COMPOSITIONSSacred:
3 Hymnals
10 Masses
52 Motets
Litanies and offertories
COMPOSITIONSSecular:
1 symphony6 Tone PoemsChoral Works with Orchestra11 Lieder Cycles17 Chamber Ensembles4 Operas for ChildrenSolos for violin, flute, organ, and piano
Jesu dulcis memoria
Missa festiva in honorem S. Ignatii
Gohebener Stimmung
PublishersAnton Boehm & Sohn, Augsburg
Alfred Coppenrath’s Verlan, Regenensburg
Supplement in Singenberger’s Caecilian
Fischer & Bros., New York
Gebrueder Hug & Co., Leipzig
F.E.C. Leuckart, Leipzig
L. Schwann, Duesseldorf
F. Kistner & C.F.W. Siegel, Leipzig
BUFFALO - 1887-19391887-1895, 1897-1905 C.C. Choir
1888-1907 C.C.Orchestra
1892-1929 Confessor, St. Michael’s
1895-1897, 1909-1910 C.C. French
1922-1929 Sacred Heart Academy
Orchestra
HONOR FOR FATHER BONVIN
Eminent Musician, Member of Canisius College Faculty Invited to Take Part in International Musical Congress at Straussburg - His Views on Motu Proprio
CHURCH MUSIC CONGRESS
Great International Gathering of Musicians to be held at Straussburg - Pius X’s Suggestion
Ideas of Rev. Ludwig Bonvin, S.J., Delegate to Congress, on What the Reform in Church Music Implies - A Moderate View
MOTU PROPRIOMusical issues
The role of plainchant in the Church
The permissibility of mixed choirs in the Church
“Hosanna”
English-Latin Hymn Book
(1910)
Rev. and Dear Father Bonvin, Accept my congratulations on your new Hymnbook entitled “Hosanna.” It is a great satisfaction to find a hymn book in which sound Catholic doctrine is set to melodies that are beautiful and which breath a true Catholic spirit. The appendix containing approved prayers and devotions is a happy conception and adds much to the usefulness of the book. This book merits a very wide circulation; I
trust it will receive it.
Faithfully yours, Charles H. Colton, Bishop
CANISIUS COLLEGE MUSIC
1887-1895, 1897-1905 Directed Choir
1888-1907
Directed Orchestra
Canisius College Orchestra 1890-91
Local Performances and Honors
1934 - Buffalo Symphony Orchestra (Symphony No. 2)1935 - Buffalo Symphony Orchestra (Ballade)1928-1939 - Sacred Heart Academy (4 operas)1969 - Honored by having a bust placed in Kleinhans Music Hall1985 - BPO goes to College Series, Canisius College (Festzug)
The Caecilia - 1931
Died - February 18, 1939
LET’S GATHER UP THE TOIL OF YEARS
Let’s gather up the toil of yearsAnd weave it into song,It’s diamond light will mark the pathOf us who march along.
Come, let us toast the grand old man,A brothers’ song of praise:‘Tis two score years and one score more,God bless his length of days.
The silent song of sixty yearsNo bannered hosts may sing,But trumpet-tongued thro’ Sion’s hallsThe pealing anthems ring.
His broken frame our stronger stepsWill strengthen as we plod;Long has he toiled for Christ our KingThis veteran of God.
LUDWIG BONVIN
1850-1939