Gerd Watkinson
Percy Gerd Watkinson , known as Gerd Watkinson (* 1918 ; † May 15, 2011 in Springe ), was a German composer .
Watkinson worked as a professor of music at the Lörrach University of Education and led various choirs in the lower Wiesental , a. a. the Haltingen choir, the "Chor 72" choirs he founded and a children's choir in Lörrach. In 1986 Watkinson received the annual "Lever Thanks" from the Lörrach Lever Association. His compositions include numerous a cappella works for all types of choir.
In his youth Watkinson was in a relationship with the later Chancellor wife Loki Schmidt .
Individual evidence
- ^ Watkinson Gerd - detail page - LEO-BW. Retrieved May 15, 2020 .
- ↑ Michael Fischer, Fernand Hörner: Song and Popular Culture - Song and Popular Culture 57 (2012): Yearbook of the German Folk Song Archive Freiburg - 57th year - 2012. German-French music transfers - German-French musical transfers . Waxmann Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-8309-7787-2 ( google.de [accessed on May 15, 2020]).
- ↑ Reiner Lehberger: The Schmidts. A couple of the century . Hoffmann and Campe, 2018, ISBN 978-3-455-00437-3 ( google.de [accessed on May 15, 2020]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Watkinson, Gerd |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Watkinson, Percy Gerd (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1918 |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 15, 2011 |
| Place of death | Jump |