Jörg Spranger

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Jörg Spranger (* 1911 in Deggendorf ; † 2008 ) was a German church musician and composer.

Life

Jörg Spranger studied from 1929 to 1932 at the church music school in Regensburg. Joseph Renner and Theobald Schrems were among his teachers . From 1935 to 1978 he worked - with an interruption due to military service and Soviet imprisonment - as choir director at the parish church "Mariä Himmelfahrt" in Deggendorf. For his services as a church musician and composer he was awarded the Orlando di Lasso Medal of the Cecilia Association in 1981.

Works

Most of Spranger's compositions are of a spiritual nature and intended for use in worship. The German National Library lists 75 titles from Spranger's compositions in its German Music Archive , as well as seven arrangements made by Spranger. The publication years of the works begin in 1956 and extend (with a posthumous title) to 2009.

literature

  • Erich Weber in Musica Sacra 1981/6, pp. 435–437: Church music director Jörg Spranger 70 years .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Festschrift for the 30th award of the Valentin Becker Prize, p. 26, accessed on November 8, 2016 (PDF)
  2. ↑ Festschrift: 60 Jahre Kulturverein Deggendorf, p. 25, accessed on November 8, 2016 (PDF)
  3. ↑ Winner of the Orlando-di-Lasso-Medal ( Memento of the original from November 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 8, 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.acv-deutschland.de
personal data
SURNAME Spranger, Jörg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Deggendorf
DATE OF DEATH 2008