Hellmut Aichele

Hellmut Aichele (born February 16, 1902 in Ohrnberg , † August 1, 1975 in Stuttgart ) was a German organist , music teacher, choir director and composer .

life and work

Aichele studied from 1917 to 1923 first at the Künzelsau teacher training college. From 1924 to 1929 he studied at the Stuttgart Music Academy . From 1930 to 1933 and 1936/1937 he studied musicology at the University of Tübingen . Here he received his doctorate with a thesis on the life and work of the organist Otto Scherzer (1821–1886).

Aichele worked from 1929 to 1954 as a cantor and organist at the Leonardskirche in Stuttgart. In 1952 he was appointed church music director. From 1952 he also worked as a high school teacher for music. From 1956 he also worked as a music reporter for the Stuttgarter Zeitung . He also worked as a concert organist and choir director. Since 1962 he has taught at the Stuttgart / Ludwigsburg University of Education . In 1966 he was appointed professor there.

As a composer, he created numerous sacred and secular choirs, organ and piano works and various song settings. Aichele has published several song books.

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• Wilibald Gurlitt , Carl Dahlhaus (ed.): Riemann Music Lexicon. In three volumes and two supplementary volumes. Aichele, Hellmut. 12th completely revised edition. 1. Personal section A – KB Schotts-Söhne, Mainz 1959, p. 15 (first edition: 1882).
• Wilibald Gurlitt, Carl Dahlhaus (ed.): Riemann Music Lexicon. In three volumes and two supplementary volumes. Aichele, Hellmut. 12th completely revised edition. 4. Supplementary volume, personal section A – KB Schotts-Söhne, Mainz 1972, p. 9 (first edition: 1882).

Web links

• Literature by and about Hellmut Aichele in the bibliographic database WorldCat
• Hellmut Aichele at Discogs (English)
• musicanet.org: Helmut Aichele. Retrieved April 7, 2019 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Riemann Musiklexikon, 1959.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Riemann Musiklexikon, 1972.