Hermann Harrassowitz (church musician)
Hermann Harrassowitz (* 1930 in Gießen ) is a German church musician.
Career
Harrassowitz studied church music at the State University of Music in Frankfurt, among others with Helmut Walcha . In 1955 he passed the A exam. He then deepened his knowledge of the oboe, school music and classical philology in Frankfurt and Marburg. From 1957 he was a scholarship holder of the Kulturkreis in the Federal Association of German Industry, in 1959/60 he was an oboist in the national selection of concerts by young artists.
From 1962 to 1995 he was church musician at the parish church of St. Lorenz in Nuremberg, from 1968 church music director. As an organist he made several recordings for the radio and played concerts in Germany and abroad. As leader of the Bach Choir and the Chamber Choir of St. Lorenz, he went on concert tours in Germany and abroad. In 1973 he was given responsibility for organizing the 48th Bach Festival of the New Bach Society in Nuremberg.
From 1978 to 2003, Harrassowitz was a lecturer in Protestant church music at the Musikhochschule Würzburg , where he was made an honorary professor in 1981.
Honors
- 1991: "Soli Deo Gloria" plaque from the regional association of Protestant church choirs in Bavaria
- 1997: Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
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| SURNAME | Harrassowitz, Hermann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German church musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | to water |