Karl Cohen

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Karl Hubert Cohen (born October 18, 1851 in Laurensberg near Aachen , † November 11, 1938 in Cologne ) was a German Roman Catholic clergyman, composer and church musician .

Life

He was the son of the elementary school teacher Johann Joseph Cohen and his wife Elisabeth Schwartz. After attending the University of Bonn , he was ordained a priest in 1875 and was appointed vicar at the old chapel in Regensburg and a teacher at the church music school there. In 1881 he became cathedral music director in Cologne and held this position until 1909. In 1888 Karl Cohen was appointed diocesan president of the Cecilia Association. As a teacher and organizer, he led the Cologne Cathedral Choir to blossom. He was appointed cathedral capital in 1909 , and in 1921 he was made papal house prelate .

As a composer, he followed Cecilianism , but also remained open to new developments, as his position on Max Reger shows. He set hymns to music in the “soft song style” due to the times, but also advocated Gregorian chant .

Cohen died in 1938 at the age of 87 and was buried in the canon cemetery of Cologne Cathedral .

Works

Compositions

  • Corpus Christi hymns. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1953 (choir score)
  • Sacrament of God's love
  • Tantum ergo
  • Missa in honorem Sancti Ottonis quam ad quatuor voces inaequales , Opus IV

Song and accompanying books

  • Cantuale exhibens vesperas et completorium de dominica necnon vesperas de praecipuis anni festis adjectis litaniis, hymnis et orationibus occasione expositionis 40 et 13 horarum et adorationis perpetuae cantari solitis. Pustet, Regensburg 1914, 5th edition.
  • Laudeamus te. Bachem, Cologne 1916
  • Organ accompaniment including pre- and Replay to the standard songs of the German diocesan hymn books. Bachem, Cologne 1916, 2nd edition.
  • Organ book for the hymn and prayer book for the Archdiocese of Cologne. Bachem, Cologne 1915

literature

personal data
SURNAME Cohen, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cohen, Karl Hubert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic clergyman, composer and church musician
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH Laurensberg near Aachen
DATE OF DEATH November 11, 1938
Place of death Cologne