Arno Schönstedt

Arno Schönstedt (born September 12, 1913 in Sondershausen ; † December 3, 2002 in Herford ) was a German organist .

Schönstedt studied between 1934 and 38 with Günther Ramin and Johann Nepomuk David , then with Karl Straube and Fritz Heitmann . In 1945 he became organist at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig. In 1947 he was one of the founders of the Westfälische Landeskirchenmusikschule (today the College for Church Music of the Evangelical Church of Westphalia ) in Herford , where he taught as a lecturer - since 1974 as a professor. Schönstedt was the organist at Herford Minster for over 20 years and was particularly committed to the work of Hugo Distler . He was also a sought-after organ expert for the new construction of a number of Westphalian organs between 1945 and 1960.

Arno Schönstedt is the father of the organist Rolf Schönstedt .

Works

• Old Westphalian organs (series of publications by the Westphalian State Church Music School in Herford, Volume 5), Herford 1953

Sound carrier (selection)

• Hugo Distler , Complete Organ Works, recorded in 1978 on organs in Herford and Recklinghausen, audio CD (Cantate Records)
• Music in the Meldorfer Dom - portrait of an old organ (works by Buxtehude, Bach, Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Genzner, Reda), live recording in 1977 shortly before the old organ was dismantled (LP from Exclusiv-Ton / Burg in Dithmarschen)
• Music in the Meldorfer Dom on the Marcussen organ (works by Johann Sebastian Bach ) Live - recording 1984
• Sacred organ music of the 17th century: works by Bach, Buxtehude, Böhm and Lübeck (Calig-Verlag, 1975)
• Hugo Distler : Der Jahreskreis (selection of 25 of the 52 songs), op. 5, together with the Westfälische Kantorei and others, led by Wilhelm Ehmann, audio CD (Cantate-Records)

Web links

• Works by Arno Schönstedt in the catalog of the German National Library
• Compilation of sound carriers with Arno Schönstedt