Emanuel Vogt (composer)

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Emanuel Vogt (born March 17, 1925 in Schwabach ; † April 9, 2007 in Windsbach ) was a German church music director , composer and city and district choirmaster .

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Emanuel Vogt's musical talent was recognized early on, after which he began training with Oskar Stollberg in Schwabach near Nuremberg. From 1941/1942 he took up musical studies in Berlin: composition with Ernst Pepping , choir direction with Gottfried Grote and organ with Herbert Schulze .

After his musical training, he initially took on a position as a part-time organist and choir director in Thurnau . He continued his organ studies at the church music school in Bayreuth and in 1956 moved to Forchheim as cantor and organist . In 1961 he was appointed to the office of city and district choirmaster in Windsbach , where he held the title of church music director until his retirement in 1989.

As part of his compositional work, he created numerous works for organ, wind instruments, choirs and mixed ensembles. His contact with the Windsbach boys' choir under Hans Thamm and his successor Karl-Friedrich Beringer led to numerous performances of his compositions and publications on records and CDs. He was also a member of a team of composers for the Breitkopf & Härtel publishing house in Wiesbaden, who published the four-volume organ book In Ewigkeit Dich loben .

Vogt died at the age of 82 and was buried in the Windsbach cemetery.

Works (selection)

  • Come, you shepherds, you men and women, old Bohemian wise men. Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin (East) 1983
  • Rejoice in the Lord. Hänssler Musik, Kirchheim (Teck) 1986
  • Rejoice at all times. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Berlin (East) 1987
  • Mass for four equal voices with organ. Keturi-Musikverlag, Rimsting 1988
  • Hear the angels singing. Saaleck-Verlag, Hammelburg 1999
  • Organ book for the country organist. Strube publishing house

Discography

  • Psalms and songs. Freimund, 1981
  • Tomorrow, children, there will be something. Bellaphon Records, 1988
  • Windsbach Psalms. Rondeau, 2000
  • Windsbach Psalms. Rondeau, 2003

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Emanuel Vogt , musicalion.com, accessed on January 3, 2018.
  2. ↑ Mourning for Helmut Duffe , Dean's Office Windsbach / Middle Franconia
personal data
SURNAME Vogt, Emanuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer, city and district cantor
DATE OF BIRTH March 17, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwabach
DATE OF DEATH April 9, 2007
Place of death Windsbach