Franz Schütz (organist)

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Franz Schütz (born April 15, 1892 in Vienna ; † May 19, 1962 there ) was an Austrian organist , university professor and director.

Career

Schütz did his military service from 1912–1913 and then studied at the Music Academy of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna, where he studied piano, music theory and organ from 1913 and with the war-related interruption from 1914 to 1916 until the end of the war. His professors included the music theorists Richard Stöhr , Rudolf Dittrich and Joseph Marx . From 1918 until Dittrich's death in 1919, Schütz was his intern. From 1920 he taught at the church music school , from 1929 as an associate professor. From 1918 onwards, Schütz briefly attended lectures by Guido Adler and Wilhelm Fischer at the University of Vienna .

From 1938 to 1945 Schütz was director of the music academy and president of the Society of Friends of Music. In these years he also gave organ concerts in which he often performed late Romantic works, including many by Max Reger and Franz Schmidt . Schmidt also wrote the respective organ part for Schütz in his book with seven seals and German resurrection. A festive song .

One of his students was the organ researcher Egon Krauss .

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SURNAME Schütz, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian organist and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH May 19, 1962
Place of death Vienna