Karl Breidenstein
Karl Breidenstein (born October 18, 1871 in Frankfurt am Main ; † July 12, 1966 there ) was a German organist , university professor and composer .
Life
Breidenstein's father was the organist at the Frankfurter Weißfrauenkirche Karl Breidenstein (1830-1897). The son attended the Klinger secondary school and studied from 1888 to 1893 at the Dr. Hoch Conservatory . From 1894 he taught harmony , counterpoint , score playing and organ at this institute . His students included Paul Hindemith , Siegfried Würzburger and Kurt Hessenberg .
From 1897 until it was destroyed on March 22, 1944 , Breidenstein was the organist of the Katharinenkirche in Frankfurt . He then remained in office until 1954 and accompanied the church service in the parish hall on a harmonium . In the dedication service of the rebuilt church on October 24, 1954, he played the new Walcker organ; Among other things he played a chorale fantasy by Michael Praetorius and a toccata by Girolamo Frescobaldi . His successor as organist and cantor at the Katharinenkirche was Ingrid Stieber (1918–2005) in 1954 .
Works (selection)
- Triple fugue , first performance in 1962 in the Heiliggeistkirche
literature
- Wolfgang Klötzer (Hrsg.): Frankfurter Biographie . Personal history lexicon . First volume. A – L (= publications of the Frankfurt Historical Commission . Volume XIX , no. 1 ). Waldemar Kramer, Frankfurt am Main 1994, ISBN 3-7829-0444-3 , p. 100 .
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
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Organist at the St. Katharinenkirche (Frankfurt am Main) 1897–1944 |
Ingrid Stieber |
Individual evidence
- ^ Article in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of October 25, 1954, printed in Joachim Proescholdt (Ed.): St. Katharinen zu Frankfurt am Main . Waldemar Kramer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1981. ISBN 3-7829-0240-8 , p. 420
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Breidenstein, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German organist, university professor and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 18, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 12, 1966 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |