Drobisch, Carl Ludwig 12/24/1803 - 08/20/1854

Carl Ludwig Drobisch (1803-1854) was a German church musician and composer. He was born and grew up in Leipzig. After a musical education in his native city he became a music teacher and composed small choral works. After a sojourn in Munich he took up a position with the Protestant church in Augburg as kapellmeister, choir director, organist and music teacher.


As a convincing representative of a classical style he felt himself drawn to Catholic church music and represented thereby Cecilian ideals and endeavors to reform the liturgy in the direction of ecumenicism. Therefore he wrote, as did his model Johann Sebastian Bach, entire masses with German and Latin texts with the ordinaries prescribed by the Catholic church. He was unable to achieve lasting success in either church.