Wiegand, John, 1841-1923

Life

Born: Oct. 28, 1841, Homberg, Germany

Died: . Mar. 15, 1923, Savannah, GA

Biography came to U.S. from Germany at age of 18; violinist with New York Symphony Orchestra; he and his brother George operated a music store in Augusta, Georgia; he moved to Savannah in 1898; composer, teacher, musician. Organist at Independent Presbyterian Church, Savannah;Knight Templar, Scottish Rite Mason.(Catholic Choirmaster 1923, p. 155)

List of sacred works

• Asperges me A flat, JFB
• Ave Maria, H voice, vl, org, JFB 1885
• Ave verum corpus, SB soli, chorus, JFB
• Haec dies, SATB org, JFB
• Hymn to St. Patrick, solo and chorus, JFB
• Laetantur coeli, S solo, SATB piano, JFB 1881
• Mass in Eb TTB (org?) JFB
• Mass in honor of St. Joseph, SATB org/orch, JFB
• Mass in honor of St. Patrick, SATB org/orch JFB 1884
  • Note: performed at St. Joseph's, Lake Linden MI on Christmas Eve in the early 20th c.
• Mass in honor of St. Peter, TTB or SAB (org?) JFB
• Mass in honor of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, JFB, by 1910
• Mass in honor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, TTBB (org), JFB
• O salutaris hostia, SB soli, org, JFB 1896
• O salutaris hostia in G, SAT org, JFB 1899
• O salutaris, TTBB, JFB
• O salutaris in A, H voice, violin, organ. JFB 1896
• O salutaris in G flat, STB org, JFB 1910
• Tantum ergo, TTBB, JFB
• Tantum ergo, SAT soli, chorus, JFB
• Tantum ergo, Op. 135 No. 2, S solo, SATB, piano JFB 1888 Ed. by J. Quick
• Veni creator, S solo, SATB, JFB 1884

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