Alberich Mazak (1609 - 1661) is an Austrian 17th century composer.

Table of contents
1 Background
2 His music
3 Trivia

Background

He was born in Ratibor in 1609.

After he studied Music and Philosophy, he joined the Heiligenkreuz monastery in 1631.

His music

He created more than 250 compositions. He wrote masses, litanies, offertories, antiphons, psalms and sacred cantanas.

The instruments he used most were the violin, the trumpet, the bassoon, the viola da gamba, the cornet and the sackbut.

Cultus harmonicus

His compositions were published by him in Vienna, titled Cultus harmonicus in three parts:

Opus I

Opus I published in
1649.

Opus II

Opus II published in
1650.

Opus III

Opus III published in
1653.

Opus III is missing today.

Trivia

A baroque lute built in 1631 had been played at Mazak's ordination and used in the recording of Wolf Erichson's "Stift Heiligenkreuz Geistliehe Musik" (Sacred Music from Holy Cross Monastery), directed by Niederaltaicher Scholaren and Dr. Konrad Ruhland and published by Sony Music under the SEON label (1970 - 1980), ASIN B000025GQM.