Josef Lammerz

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Josef Lammerz (born June 15, 1930 in Bonn ; † January 8, 2014 in Teulada , Spain ) was a German composer , organist and choir director .

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Josef Lammerz received piano and organ lessons at a young age. He was particularly influenced by Hubert Brings, the long-time Münster organist in Bonn at the time.

From 1950 to 1954 he studied church music at the Robert Schumann Conservatory in Düsseldorf, after which he undertook private composition studies with Rudolf Petzold in Cologne and further organ studies in Düsseldorf with Clemens Ingenhoven. From 1956 to 1975 Josef Lammerz was the organist and choirmaster at the Christ-König-Kirche in Duisburg, where he built up a highly regarded choir. He was responsible for numerous performances of important works of choral literature and his own compositions. From 1961 to 1975 Josef Lammerz was a lecturer for the subjects piano and organ at the Niederrheinische Musikschule in Duisburg and for theory at the Folkwanghochschule Essen, Institute Duisburg. From 1975 to 1989 he worked as an organist and choirmaster at the Münsterbasilika in Bonn.

Josef Lammerz lived in Teulada on the Costa Blanca in Spain since 1989 . Great works ( masses , cantatas , psalms ) were premiered here. Lammerz was an honorary citizen of Teulada and in Xàtiva , the birthplace of the Borgia popes, a street was named after him. In July 2013 the world premiere of the "Cantico de las Criaturas for solos, choir, orchestra, organ" with the Monteverdichor Würzburg under Matthias Beckert was given in his presence .

Compositions (selection)

  • 1951 Christmas carol, choir and organ; WP Duisburg
  • 1954/88/96 Te Deum, solos, choir; Orchestra, organ, premiere November 13, 2010 Chorus Cantate Domino, Bonn
  • 1955 motets, a cappella choir; Duisburg
  • 1957 Missa Festiva, choir a. Organ; WP Duisburg
  • 1962/63 Mass in A, solos; Choir; Wind instruments and organ; WP Duisburg / Bonn
  • 1980 Missa Mundi, Schola, choir, wind instruments and organ, UA Bonn
  • 1990 Missa Solemnis, tenor, choir, orchestra UA Spain / Bonn
  • 1990 Missa Brevis, soprano, a cappella choir WP
  • 1993 Te Deum, soprano, choir, instruments, timpani, organ, premiered in Spain
  • 1994 Psalm 13, soprano, choir and organ; WP Aachen / Spain
  • 1994/95 Cantata a Xativa, speaker, baritone, choir a. Orchestra UA Spain
  • 1996 Missa de Campana, soprano, choir and organ, UA Bonn
  • 1996/97 Christmas carols soprano and organ; WP Spain
  • 1997 Cantata Lirica, speaker, tenor, choir a. orchestra
  • 1998 Concertino for piano and instruments (organ)
  • 1999 Cantico de las Criaturas, solos, choir, orchestra, organ, WP July 20, 2013 Monteverdichor Würzburg , Würzburg
  • 1999 Fuente de Vida, soprano, choir, organ WP Spain
  • 2001 Christmas carols soprano and organ premiere Spain
  • 2001 5 songs based on texts by Hesse, baritone and piano
  • 2002 symphonic motet "Epephania", soprano, choir, orch; WP Cologne
  • 2003 Four Mary motets, choir and organ
  • 2005 Missa Romantica, soprano, 8 double choir, organ, WP Spain

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SURNAME Lammerz, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer, organist and choir director
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Bonn
DATE OF DEATH January 8, 2014
Place of death Teulada (Spain)