Gerhard Kronberg

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Gerhard Kronberg (born December 29, 1913 near Sillein , Hungary ; † January 16, 2001 ) was a Hungarian Catholic composer.

Gerhard Kronberg spent most of his youth in Gleiwitz (Upper Silesia), where he studied at the observatory. He continued his education from 1934 to 1936 at the church music school in Regensburg and finally in Straubing , where he passed his exams to become a teacher.

From 1947 he worked for over 30 years in Nördlingen as an organist and choir director at the Catholic St. Salvator Church and as a music teacher at the Maria Stern secondary school for girls, as well as at the kindergarten teacher seminar, which later became the specialist academy for social education.

After the Second Vatican Council, Gerhard Kronberg's German antiphons and mass chants were sung in numerous dioceses in Austria and Switzerland and included in the hymn books. In addition, he created a large number of sacred and secular compositions such as song and psalm masses, Advent and Christmas carols, Marian chants, liturgical chants, antiphons, a requiem, motets, cantatas and secular choral music.

In 1998, Gerhard Kronberg was honored for his services to Catholic church music with the papal order " Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice ", which was presented to him by the then Bishop Viktor Josef Dammertz in Augsburg.

Gerhard Kronberg, who made a name for himself far beyond the borders of Nördlingen, died on January 16, 2001.

Works (selection)

  • "Your word, Lord Jesus Christ, is light"
  • "May the Lord give us a happy heart"
  • "Rejoice, you Christians!"
  • "Lord our God!"
  • "Missa brevis in F"
  • "Praise God the Lord"
  • "Confirma hoc deus"
  • "Open up, open up, o sinner heart", 1938

Chants in praise of God

  • "Alleluia (6th tone)" 175.3
  • "See, we come, come with exultation" 189
  • "You lead me out into the distance" 629
  • "Your word, O Lord, is light over my path" Austria part 730.1
  • "I know that my Redeemer lives, Hallelujah" Austria part 835.1
  • "Lord, you are my consolation, my light" Austria part 899.1

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personal data
SURNAME Kronberg, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian composer
DATE OF BIRTH December 29, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH near Sillein , Hungary
DATE OF DEATH January 16, 2001