Barbara Kraus

Barbara Kraus (* 1967 ) is a German concert organist and specialist book author.

Kraus studied organ and church music at the University of Music in Würzburg with Günther Kaunzinger and Gerhard Weinberger (A-Diploma 1990 ) and at the Conservatoire National d. R. Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris with André Isoir , Premier Prix d'Orgue DFE 1993 . At the same time, she completed piano studies at the University of Music in Würzburg with Margarita Höhenrieder and Erich Appel in 1992 with an artistic diploma. She has been a freelance concert organist since 1993 .

Kraus is also active as an editor and scientific author . The focus is on publications on organ didactics with innovative approaches to networking hearing and motor skills in the field of game technology and student-oriented teaching.

Reference books

• Organ practice techniques . Hamburg 2004, ISBN 978-3-934417-08-3 .
• Organ manual Paris . Hamburg 2006, ISBN 978-3-934417-14-4 .
• Organ lessons . Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-934417-17-5 .
• Organ school . Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-934417-18-2 .

Editions

• Franz Vollrath Buttstett

• Six cantatas from the year 1772/73 , Hamburg 2002, ISMN-M-700167-08-0.

• Clavierwerke , Hamburg 2003, ISMN-M-700167-25-7.

• Motetten , Hamburg 2004, ISMN-M-700167-27-1.

Edits

• Glogau song book , selected pieces arranged for organ , Hamburg 1999, ISMN-M-700167-00-4.

• Johann Sebastian Bach , Musical Offering (BWV 1079,3), selected canons arranged for organ , Hamburg 2000, ISMN-M-700167-02-8.

• Sergej Rachmaninoff , Polichinelle and Humoresque, arranged for organ , Hamburg 2002, ISMN-M-700167-24-0.

• Hanns Eisler , Bertolt Brecht , only for 80 hellers, arranged for organ , Hamburg 2003, ISMN-M-700167-23-3.

• Henry Purcell , Suite “The Old Bachelor” and Fantasias, arranged for organ , Hamburg 2003, ISMN-M-700167-33-2.

CD recordings

• dy cat photo. Organ music from the Renaissance and the present , Hamburg 1999.

• Nicolaus Bruhns and the Fantastic Style , Hamburg 2000.

• Franz Vollrath Buttstett , Piano Sonatas , Hamburg 2008.

• Johann Sebastian Bach , Organ Works , Hamburg 2012.

Web links

• Barbara Kraus

• Works by and about Barbara Kraus in the catalog of the German National Library