Johann Evangelist Habert took an active part in the founding of the "Austrian St. Cecilia Society" (1871). In his compositional style, he followed the principles of the movement, which was important in Germany and Austria and oriented itself on the a cappella polyphony of the 16th century. A large part of his oeuvre - 30 Masses, 3 Requiems, Litanies and Propers - was published during Habert's lifetime by Breitkopf & Härtel. The music text of this edition scrupulously follows that of the first ed...