Gerhard Gregor

Gerhard Gregor (born September 17, 1906 in Ruß, Memelland (now Rusnė , Lithuania ), † October 28, 1981 in Hamburg ) was a German organist and pianist . He is considered one of the most important German organists of the last century.

Life

Grave of Gerhard Gregor , Ohlsdorf cemetery

Gregor studied church music from 1925 to 1928 at the State Academy for School and Church Music in Berlin-Charlottenburg . Fascinated by the possibilities of the big cinema organs of the silent film era, he took a job as a cinema organist in Hanover after completing his studies and soon made a name for himself as a silent film musician.

His skills led him to NORAG in Hamburg in 1930 , when a cinema organ made by M. Welte & Söhne , optimized for radio transmission, was installed in their studios . Before, during and after the Second World War, he made a name for himself as a great organist on this instrument , known as the “radio organ” , who possessed the ability, unique for broadcasting purposes, to be able to play the right music for a wide variety of occasions. His repertoire included both classical and modern entertainment and dance music . He promoted the Hammond organ as well as other modern forms of organ playing and proved to be just as convincing pianist as a virtuoso of the harpsichord . After the Second World War, Gregor worked for the NWDR and after its split with the NDR . Numerous recordings of Gregor have been preserved and some of them have been published on CD.

Gregor's grave is located in the Hamburg cemetery in Ohlsdorf .

Radio plays (music)

• 1947: Now they are singing again (organ) - Director: Otto Kurth
• 1947: The concert (piano) - directed by Ulrich Erfurth
• 1948: Der Zimmerherr (organ) - Director: Erik Ode
• 1948: The Portrait of Dorian Gray (piano) - Director: Hans Quest
• 1948: Eh 'noch ripe the ears (harmonica) - Director: Kurt Reiss
• 1948: The Lesser Evil (accordion, organ) - Director: Ludwig Cremer
• 1949: You can tell me a lot (piano) - Director: Ulrich Erfurth
• 1949: Life goes on (organ) - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
• 1949: The barrel organs (organ) - Director: Kurt Reiss
• 1950: Stroll through November (composition, organ) - Director: Curt Becker
• 1951: Seven Days (Hammond Organ) - Director: Gottfried Lange
• 1951: Stroll through December (organ) - Director: Curt Becker
• 1951: Stroll through January (organ) - Director: Curt Becker
• 1951: Stroll through February (musician) - Director: Curt Becker
• 1951: Dat Redentiner Osterspill (organ) - Director: Hans Freundt
• 1951: Stroll through April (musician) - Director: Curt Becker
• 1951: Stroll through May (musician) - Director: Curt Becker
• 1951: Stroll through June (musician) - Director: Hans Rosenhauer
• 1951: Stroll through July (musician) - Director: SO Wagner
• 1951: Stroll through August (composition) - Director: Hans Rosenhauer
• 1951: Stroll through September (composition) - Director: Hans Rosenhauer
• 1951: Die Butterblume (composition) - Director: Hans Rosenhauer
• 1951: Stroll through October (composition) - Director: Hans Rosenhauer
• 1952: The Doppelkopf von Trum (piano) - Director: Kurt Reiss
• 1952: Stroll through March (composition) - Director: Hans Rosenhauer
• 1952: Carousel for sale (organ) - Director: Helmut Käutner
• 1952: De dütsche Slömer (organ; harpsichord) - Director: Hans Freundt
• 1953: Romeo and Juliet 1953 (Romeo and Juliet in Berlin) (organ) - Director: Gustav Burmester
• 1954: My wife lives next door (Hammond organ) - Director: Erik Ode
• 1954: Good Friday (organ) - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
• 1954: Detective Kalle Blomquist (multi-part) (organ) - Director: Kurt Reiss
• 1955: De snaaksche Vagel - Lütt Achtersinnig Spill vull Hoeg (composition) - Director: Hans Tügel
• 1955: But man is good (organ) - Director: Ludwig Cremer
• 1955: The Well Maker's Daughter (Organ) - Director: Gustav Burmester
• 1955: Dat Spill by de Hilligen Dree Könige (organ) - directed by Hans Mahler
• 1956: The canvas knife (musician) - Director: Otto Kurth
• 1956: The house full of guests (Hammond organ) - Director: Ludwig Cremer
• 1957: Julia un de Renaissance (organ) - Director: Hans Tügel
• 1957: Old Man River (Hammond organ) - Directed by Gustav Burmester
• 1957: Dat Düvelsexamen (musician) - directed by Hans Tügel
• 1957: The Miracle of San Gennaro (organ) - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
• 1958: Festianus, Märtyrer (harpsichord) - Director: Gustav Burmester
• 1958: Das Efeublatt (organ) - Director: Gustav Burmester
• 1959: The carafe (organ) - Director: Kurt Reiss
• 1959: The light in the darkness (composition) - director: Gerlach Fiedler
• 1961: On a bench on Finchley Road (organ) - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
• 1963: De Dood in'n Appelboom (organ) - Director: Heinz Lanker
• 1963: The Ordonier and the Arnitarier (Hammond organ) - Director: Hans Lietzau
• 1966: A passionate mix-up (Hammond organ) - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
• 1966: Supplementary report (piano) - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
• 1966: Philoktet (Hammond organ) - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
• 1966: The man with the dog or: Many dogs are the hare's death (Hammond organ) - Director: Jiri Horcicka
• 1967: Lullaby for a Beheaded (Hammond Organ) - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
• 1967: The Bridegroom (organ) - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
• 1967: Dat nige Kleed (piano) - Director: Günther Siegmund
• 1967: De mit dat Teken (composition, electric organ) - Director: Curt Timm
• 1967: Das wilde Auge (organ) - Director: Heinz Hostnig
• 1969: Dat niege piano (piano) - director: Hans Tügel
• 1971: Rebbel dat Bettlaken op (piano) - Director: Günter Jansen
• 1971: Die Tanten (Harmonium) - Director: Heinz Hostnig
• 1973: Ehrenhändel (Celesta) - Director: Hans Rosenhauer
• 1977: The true story of the kind-hearted whore Antonie Prussik (organ) - Director: Friedhelm Ortmann

Web links

• Works by and about Gerhard Gregor in the catalog of the German National Library
• A German organ legend
• Gerhard Gregor, on his 100th birthday
• Gerhard Gregor at Förderkreis Ohlsdorfer Friedhof

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Celebrity Graves