Paul Damjakob
Paul Damjakob (born December 23, 1939 in Heerlen , Netherlands ) is a Dutch organist in Germany.
biography
From 1962 to 2005 he was cathedral organist in Würzburg . He completed his studies at the church music school in Regensburg with Ferdinand Haberl and at the State University of Music Berlin with Joseph Ahrens in 1963 with the A-exam. He supplemented this with studies with Fernando Germani and Michael Schneider .
He was the founder of the concert series of Würzburg organ concerts in the cathedral . Damjakob achieved a high level of awareness through radio, records and the like. CDs, especially as an improviser; numerous compositions; Commissions: from the Metropolitan Chapter Paderborn 1976, to the Katholikentag Berlin 1980, to the Pope's visit to Berlin on June 23, 1996; from the Vatican 1998 (Millennium Hymn).
Awards
- 1973: State sponsorship award from the Bavarian Minister of Culture
- 2003: Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon (awarded in Munich )
- 2008 New Year's Order
Publications
- Church music-faith music - commemorative publication of the diocesan history association for the 40th anniversary of service (2002)
- Song booklet It sounded in the cathedral - Mass paraphrases , melodies, texts by Paul Damjakob as a farewell gift from the cathedral chapter; 2004 in Echter - Verlag Würzburg
Sound carrier
- Holy night, organ and choir
- Symphonic sketches
- You my soul, sing; Cathedral organ consecration mass
- Ad majorem Dei Gloriam
- Morning shine of eternity
- Ave Maria tender, That night
- Organ works by Max Reger
- Organ works by JS Bach
- Improvisations in Überlingen , Lauda , Würzburg , Haarlem , Altenberg
- Cathedral bells with "Ave Maria"
- Midday meditations
- Advent and Christmas
- Easter night, Easter songs
- 30 years "To Mozart"
- Gregorian meditations
- Lübeck , Böhm , Bruhns , Buxtehude , Pachelbel
- DVD video with pontifical march
- It sounded in the cathedral from 1962–2005
- It sounded in Dom II from 1962–2005
Web links
- Works by and about Paul Damjakob in the catalog of the German National Library
- Homepage of Paul Damjakob
- http://www.verbindisten.net/damjakob/bio.htm
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
|
Organist of the Würzburg Cathedral 1962–2005 |
Stefan Schmidt |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Damjakob, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch organist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 23, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Heerlen , Netherlands |