Kreuzkantor
As Kreuzkantor are cantors of the Cross Church in Dresden called. You are employed by the City of Dresden in a special contractual relationship and you lead the Dresden Kreuzchor .
Since the Reformation there have been a total of 27 Kreuzkantors, including such personalities as Gottfried August Homilius (1755–1785), Ernst Julius Otto (1828–1875), Otto Richter (1906–1930) and Rudolf Mauersberger (1930–1971) (in In brackets the length of service).
The first cross cantor after the introduction of the Reformation was Sebaldus Baumann (1540–1553), currently Roderich Kreile (since 1997) is the 28th cross cantor . He is also the first Kreuzkantor who does not come from Saxony.
Matthias Jung , who held the office provisionally from 1994 to 1996, is not considered a (full) Kreuzkantor according to the count of the Kreuzchor.
literature
- Karlheinz Blaschke : Dresden, Kreuzkirche, Kreuzschule, Kreuzchor - musical and humanistic tradition in 775 years. Gütersloh, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-570-06664-9
- Dieter Härtwig , Matthias Herrmann : The Dresden Kreuzchor - past and present, places of activity and school. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2006, ISBN 3-374-02402-5 .
- Jürgen Helfricht : Dresden Kreuzchor and Kreuzkirche. A chronicle from 1206 until today. Husum 2004, ISBN 3-89876-180-0 .
- Hans John: The Dresden Kreuzchor and its cantors. Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-374-00177-7 .
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Sebaldus Baumann (1540–1553) | Johannes Selner (1553–1560) | Andreas Lando (1560–1561) | Andreas Petermann (1561–1585) | Kaspar Füger the Elder J. (1585-1586) | Basilius Köhler (1586–1589) | Bartholomäus Petermann (1589–1606) | Christoph Lisberger (1606–1612) | Samuel Rühling (1612–1615) | Christoph Neander (1615–1625) | Michael Lohr (1625-1654) | Jacob Beutel (1654-1694) | Basilius Petritz (1694–1713) | Johann Zacharias Grundig (1713–1720) | Theodor Christlieb Reinhold (1720–1755) | Gottfried August Homilius (1755–1785) | Christian Ehregott Weinlig (1785–1813) | Gottlob August Krille (1813) | Christian Theodor Weinlig (1814–1817) | Friedrich Christian Hermann Uber (1818–1822) | Friedrich Wilhelm Agthe (1822–1828) | Julius Otto (1828–1875) | Friedrich Oskar Wermann (1876–1906) | Otto Richter (1906–1930) | Rudolf Mauersberger (1930–1971) | Martin Flämig (1971–1991) | Gothart Bull (1991–1994) | Matthias Jung (acting; 1994–1996) | Roderich Kreile (since 1997)