Griesbacher, Peter 03/25/1864 - 01/28/1933

Peter Griesbacher (1864-1933) was a German composer, organist and carillon specialist. He studied theology in Passau and became a priest in 1886. From 1894 to 1895 he was musical prefect at the theological seminary of St. Emmeram in Regensburg. His good reputation as a church music composer brought him the post of teacher at the church music school in Regensburg in 1911, where he taught counterpoint, form and style. Around the same time he became vicar and then canon at the Kollegiatstift St. Johann in Regensburg. In 1930 the monastery voted him deacon.