Ludwig Bonvin S'J' 18501939

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Ludwig Bonvin S.J.1850-1939
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LUDWIG BONVIN

• Medicine Law (Early years)
• Priest
• Composer
• Educator
• Writer

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February 17, 1850Born in Siders, Switzerland
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Switzerland
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• 1862-1870 College in Sion,
• Switzerland
• 1870-1872 Medicine Vienna
  University, Austria
• 1872-1874 Law, Sion, Switzerland

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• 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

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COMPOSITIONS

• Sacred
• 3 Hymnals
• 10 Masses
• 52 Motets
• Litanies and offertories

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COMPOSITIONS

• Secular
• 1 symphony
• 6 Tone Poems
• Choral Works with Orchestra
• 11 Lieder Cycles
• 17 Chamber Ensembles
• 4 Operas for Children
• Solos for violin, flute, organ, and piano

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Jesu dulcis memoriaMissa festiva in honorem S.
IgnatiiGohebener Stimmung
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Publishers

• Anton Boehm Sohn, Augsburg
• Alfred Coppenraths Verlan, Regenensburg
• Supplement in Singenbergers Caecilian
• Fischer Bros., New York
• Gebrueder Hug Co., Leipzig
• F.E.C. Leuckart, Leipzig
• L. Schwann, Duesseldorf
• F. Kistner C.F.W. Siegel, Leipzig

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BUFFALO - 1887-1939

• 1887-1895, 1897-1905 C.C. Choir
• 1888-1907 C.C.Orchestra
• 1892-1929 Confessor, St. Michaels
• 1895-1897, 1909-1910 C.C. French
• 1922-1929 Sacred Heart Academy
• Orchestra

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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

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CHURCH MUSIC CONGRESS

• Great International Gathering of Musicians to be
  held at Straussburg - Pius Xs Suggestion
• Ideas of Rev. Ludwig Bonvin, S.J., Delegate to
  Congress, on What the Reform in Church Music
  Implies - A Moderate View

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MOTU PROPRIOMusical issues

• The role of plainchant in the Church
• The permissibility of mixed choirs in the Church

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Hosanna

• English-Latin Hymn Book
• (1910)

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• 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

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CANISIUS COLLEGE MUSIC

• 1887-1895, 1897-1905
• Directed Choir
• 1888-1907
• Directed Orchestra

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Canisius College Orchestra 1890-91
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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 Hall
• 1985 - BPO goes to College Series, Canisius
  College (Festzug)

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The Caecilia - 1931
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Died - February 18, 1939
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LETS GATHER UP THE TOIL OF YEARS

• Lets gather up the toil of years
• And weave it into song,
• Its diamond light will mark the path
• Of 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.

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• The silent song of sixty years
• No bannered hosts may sing,
• But trumpet-tongued thro Sions halls
• The pealing anthems ring.
• His broken frame our stronger steps
• Will strengthen as we plod
• Long has he toiled for Christ our King
• This veteran of God.

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• LUDWIG BONVIN
• 1850-1939

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