Eduard Müller (organist)

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Eduard Müller (born October 12, 1912 in Sissach ; † May 16, 1983 in Bottmingen ) was a Swiss organist and harpsichordist .

Life

Eduard Müller studied with Adolf Hamm in Basel and with Günther Ramin in Leipzig. In 1934 he became organist and choirmaster at the Pauluskirche in Basel . From 1970 to 1982 he worked at the Basel Minster . Since 1939 he has taught at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (harpsichord) and since 1945 at the Basel Conservatory (organ and figured bass). In 1970 he was appointed organist at Basel Minster. In 1978 he received an honorary doctorate from the theological faculty of the University of Basel. Gustav Leonhardt and Erwin Reuben Jacobi were among his many students . As an arranger of continuo parts he worked on the New Bach Edition With.

His appointment to the Schola Cantorum made him, along with August Wenzinger, one of the pioneers of historical performance practice. The main focus of his work was the liturgical and musical organization of the divine service, especially in dealing with the work of Johann Sebastian Bach and researching the organ literature of the 19th century, as well as the works of Olivier Messiaen .

Sound documents (selection)

  • Georg Friedrich Handel: Organ concerts “Cuckoo and Nightingale” . Deutsche Grammophon . Hamburg 1967/1977.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Harpsichord Concerts BWV 1064, BWV 1065, BWV 1052 (with Gerhard Aeschbacher, Heinrich Gurtner and Karl Richter ). Teldec . Hamburg 1964/1980.
  • Georg Friedrich Händel: Four Organ Concerts . Deutsche Grammophon. Hamburg 1967/1979.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerts No. 2, 3 and 5 (with the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis ). Deutsche Grammophon. Hamburg 1965/1977.
  • Girolamo Frescobaldi: Organ Works. Recorded on the old Italian organ in the Silver Chapel in Innsbruck for the archive production of Deutsche Grammophon.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Ehinger: Switzerland: D. The modern times . In: Music in the past and present . Vol. 12. Bärenreiter, Kassel 1965, ISBN 3-89853-160-0 , Sp. 392 (CD-Rom edition of the 1st edition, Directmedia, Berlin 2003).
  2. ↑ Biographical information according to: Riemann Musiklexikon, Edition 1961, p. 278 and Ullstein : Lexikon der Musik , Edition 1971, p. 361
  3. ^ Müller's curriculum vitae on the Zurich Central Library website
personal data
SURNAME Müller, Eduard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss organist and harpsichordist
DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Sissach
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 1983
Place of death Bottmingen