Moritz Brosig

Moritz Brosig (German: Moritz Brosig; 15 October 1815 – 24 January 1887) was a German organist and composer associated with church music in Breslau (now Wrocław). He was born in Upper Silesia and spent his formative years in Breslau, where he was educated at the local grammar school.

At the Breslau gymnasium he studied music under the guidance of the talented cathedral organist Franz Wolf. After Wolf’s death in 1842, Brosig succeeded him as chief organist at the cathedral. Following the death of the cathedral Kapellmeister B. Hahn in 1852, Brosig also obtained that position, strengthening his role in the city’s principal ecclesiastical musical institutions.

From 1871 he served as a docent (lecturer) of music at the University of Breslau. As a composer, Brosig was especially noted for works for his own instrument, producing a substantial body of organ and sacred music both with and without orchestral accompaniment.

His output included about 30 booklets of organ pieces, seven Masses with orchestra, a five-voice Mass with organ, a chorale Mass, more than 30 graduals and offertories, two volumes of Vespers, a book of songs, and several pieces for cello and violin with piano. He also published a chorale book and a harmony textbook.

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