See also:

• MARTIN (Martinus)
• MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
• MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
• MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
• MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
• MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
• MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
• MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
• MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
• MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
• MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)

MARTIN See also:

• MARTIN GERBERT (172o-1793)

GERBERT (172o-1793)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German theologian, historian and writer on See also:

• MUSIC

music, belonged to the See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble See also:

• FAMILY

family of See also:

• GERBERT, MARTIN (172o-1793)

Gerbert von Hornau, and was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Horb on the See also:

• NECKAR

Neckar, See also:

• WURTTEMBERG

Wurttemberg, on the 12th (or 11th or 13th) of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1720 . He was educated at See also:

• FREIBURG

Freiburg in the See also:

• BREISGAU

Breisgau, at Klingenau in See also:

• SWITZERLAND

Switzerland and at the See also:

• BENEDICTINE

Benedictine See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

abbey of St Blasien in the See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

Black See also:

• FOREST

Forest, where in 1737 he took the vows . In 1744 he was ordained See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest, and immediately afterwards appointed See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor, first of See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy and later of See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology . Between 1754 and 1764 he published a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of theological See also:

• TREATISES

treatises, their See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main tendency being to modify the rigid scholastic See also:

• SYSTEM

system by an See also:

• APPEAL

appeal to the Fathers, notably See also:

• AUGUSTINE, SAINT (354-430)
• AUGUSTINE, SAINT (d. c.613)

Augustine; from 1759 to 1762 he travelled in See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy and See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, mainly with a view to examining the collections of documents in the various monastic See also:

• LIBRARIES

libraries . In 1764 he was elected See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince-See also:

• ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
• ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
• ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
• ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
• ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)

abbot of St Blasien, and proved himself a See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model ruler both as abbot and prince . His examination of archives during his travels had awakened in him a See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste for See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical See also:

• RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

research, and under his See also:

• RULE

rule St Blasien became a notable centre of the methodical study of See also:

• HISTORY

history; it was here that Marquard Herrgott wrote his Monumenta domus Austriacae, of which the first two volumes were edited, for the second edition, by Gerbert, who also published a Codex epistolaris Rudolphi I., Romani regis (1772) and De Rudolpho Suevico comite de Rhinfelden, duce et rege, deque ejus familia (1785) . It was, however, in sacramental theology, liturgiology, and notably ecclesiastical music that Gerbert was mainly interested . In 1774 he published two volumes De See also:

• CANTU, CESARE (1804-1895)

cantu et musica sacra; in 1777, Monumenta veteris liturgiae Alemannicae; and in 1784, in three volumes, Scriptores ecclesiastici de musica sacra, a collection of the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal writers on See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church music from the 3rd See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century till the invention of See also:

• PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing . The materials for this See also:

• WORK

work he had gathered during his travels, and although it contains many textual errors, its publication has been of See also:

• GREAT

great importance for the history of music, by preserving writings which might either have perished or remained unknown . His See also:

• INTEREST

interest in music led to his acquaintance with the composer See also:

• GLUCK

Gluck, who became his intimate friend . As a prince of the See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire Gerbert was devoted to the interests of the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria; as a Benedictine abbot he was opposed to See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph II.'s church policy . In the Febronian controversy (see See also:

• FEBRONIANISM

FEBRONIANIsM) he had . See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early taken a mediating attitude, and it was largely due to his See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence that See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

Bishop See also:

• HONTHEIM, JOHANN NIKOLAUS VON (1701-1790)

Hontheim had been induced to retract his extreme views .

In 1768 the abbey of St Blasien, with the library and church, was burnt to the ground, and the splendid new church which See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose on the ruins of the old (1783) remained until its destruction by See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire in 1874, at once a See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument of Gerbert's taste in See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture and of his See also:

• HABSBURG, or HAPSBURG

Habsburg sympathies . It was at his See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request that it was made the See also:

• MAUSOLEUM

mausoleum of all the See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian princes buried outside Austria, whose remains were solemnly transferred to its vaults . In connexion with its See also:

• CONSECRATION (Lat. consecrallo, from con and sacrare, " to make sacred ")

consecration he published his Historia Nigrae Silvae, ordinis S . Benedicti coloniae (3 vols., St Blasien, 1783) . Gerbert, who was beloved and respected by Catholics and Protestants alike, died on the 3rd of May 1793 . See Joseph Bader, Das ehemalige Kloster St Blasien and See also:

• SEINE
• SEINE (Lat. Sequana)
• SEINE, or SEAN (O. Fr. seigne, mod. seine, Lat. sagena, Gr. vaytivrl, a draw-net)

seine Gelehrtenakademie (Freiburg-See also:

• IM(K2+a2+h2—2 ah cos 0)

im-Breisgau, 1874), which contains a See also:

• CHRONOLOGICAL

chronological See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list of Gerbert's See also:

• WORKS

works .