Georg Kempff
Georg Kempff (born October 22, 1893 in Jüterbog ; † September 1, 1975 in Reichenbach im Allgäu ) was a German church musician , composer and author .
Kempff studied theology in Berlin as well as piano , singing and music theory at the University of Music . From 1904 deputy organist in Potsdam , later travel organist . From 1923 to 1927 organist in Uppsala , from 1927 to 1930 pastor in Jüterbog and from 1930 to 1933 in Wittenberg . From 1933 to 1959 he was director of the Institute for Church Music in Erlangen (from 1937 as honorary professor), worked as an organist, pianist and singer (baritone) and from 1959 to 1962 as a lecturer at the University of Johannesburg . Kempff composed church music. He was the brother of Wilhelm Kempff .
Works (selection)
Compositions
- The Wedding of Kanä , Oratorio, 1957
- Organ works, cantatas and sacred choral music
Fonts
- New singing according to the New Hymnal , 1934
- Renewal of the Lutheran church service in a mirror image of the history of the Bavarian liturgy , with Hans Kreßel , 1937
- The meaning of the liturgy, principles and explanations , with Paul Althaus- Erlangen, 1937
- Church hymns in Lutheran worship and its renewal , 1937
literature
- Walter Opp (Ed.): Experiences with Georg Kempff (media combination), Palm and Enke, Erlangen, Jena (2001) ISBN 3-7896-0657-X
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dorothea Kempff: University Music Director Professor Georg Kempff on reichbach-im-allgäu.de, July 2007
- ↑ Horst Seeger : Musiklexikon Personen A – Z / Deutscher Verlag für Musik Leipzig (1981) and Kürschner's German Musicians Calendar 1954 . Berlin: de Gruyter 1954
Web links
- Literature by and about Georg Kempff in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kempff, Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German church musician, composer and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 22, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jueterbog |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st September 1975 |
| Place of death | Reichenbach in the Allgäu |