Leuttner, Georg Christoph, * August 12, 1644 Bad Tölz, † April 26, 1703 Altötting;
(Name variants: Leuttner, Georg C.; Leuttner, Georgio Christophoro; Leythner, Georg Christoph).
Occupation/Activity: Composer, Kapellmeister , Pastor, "Hofcaplan", "Vicecapellmeister".
Place of work: Altötting, Altöttinger Stiftskapelle, Freising, Isen
Leuttner: Georg Christoph L., ecclesiastical composer, born in Tölz, probably received his education in one of the surrounding monasteries of Benedictbeuern, Wessobrunn or Polling. He devoted himself to the clerical state, became a licentiate of canon law (in Ingolstadt?), appears in 1682 as court chaplain and vice-chapel master of the prince (and titular) as well as bishop Albert Sigismund in Freising († there on November 4, 1685). To this bishop, Leuttner dedicated his "Cithara Davidica" (Munich 1682 by Lucas Straub, 4°) in grateful devotion, in 30 numbers, the vesper psalms of the year, together with antiphons and litanies, set for four and five voices, organ, two violins and two violas. It appears this work was preserved in only one copy. In 1688, Leuttner named himself as an episcopal ecclesiastical councillor, canonicus and scholasticus at the ancient collegiate church of St. Zeno in Isen and dedicated his second work, titled "Apollo Seraphicus sive sacri concentus" (Munich 1688 by Lucas Straub, 71 pages, 4°) to the Elector Max Emanuel. In the Latin preface, the author specifically reminds the Elector of the connection between Mars and Apollo in war and peace, as shown by the use of trumpets and flutes in war, dancing and victory songs after peace has been achieved. He congratulates the Bavarian hero so victorious against the crescent moon with his songs which corresponding to the two deities, progress through major and minor! The "Apollo Seraphicus" contains 20 musical pieces in four sections. They are cantatas, each consisting of two hymns taken from the High Song, then of a psalm and two Marian hymns, all in Latin. Each section is written for a concert singing voice, one for discant, the other for alto, the third for tenor, the fourth for bass. The organ, two violins and two violas serve as accompaniment. "It is concertante, somewhat ''starkweltliche'' music, calculated to announce the bravura of the singers. In its entirety its shows a capable technician who knows how to dispose of the means of musical composition with ease." On September 30, 1694, Leuttner was hired as Kapellmeister in Altötting. He also died there in 1703.
Partially adapted from Holland, Hyacinth, "Leuttner, Georg Christoph" in Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie 18 (1883), p. 500 [online version]; URL: https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd102499446.html#adbcontent