Christian Friedrich Witt

Christian Friedrich Witt, or Witte was a German composer, music editor and teacher.

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Franz Xaver Haberl, an eminent theorist and editor, assumed the editorship of the periodical “Musica sacra” following Witt’s death in 1888, according to A Biographical Dictionary of Musicians (1900, 1905, 1908). This Witt was also a teacher of church music at Ratisbon around 1862-63, where Friedrich Koenen studied under him, alongside Haberl and Schrems, before becoming cathedral Kapellmeister in Cologne (Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians, Vol. 2, 1889). Witt’s influence extended to the Gregorian revival, promoted by F. X. Witt of Landshut (1834-1888), which John B. Singenberger represented in America by organizing a branch of the Cacilienverein in 1873 (Grove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians: American Supplement, 1920). Furthermore, Witt was involved in the publication of Palestrina’s complete works, which had been initiated in 1862 by T. de Witt, J. N. Rauch, F. Espagne, and F. Commer, and was completed by Haberl after Witt’s death (Grove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Vol. 2, 1906). His collection, alongside those of Proske and Mettenleiter, formed part of the Episcopal Library at Regensburg (Grove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Vol. 2, 1906).