Paul Geilsdorf
Paul Geilsdorf (born June 10, 1890 in Plauen , Vogtland , † January 26, 1976 in Karl-Marx-Stadt ) was a German Protestant church musician and hymn composer .
First he trained at the teacher training college in Reichenbach / Vogtland from 1904 to 1910. From 1913 to 1916 he studied at the Leipzig Conservatory , where he was a student of Karl Straube and Stephan Krehl . From 1917 to 1947 he held the cantor's office in St. Pauli, Chemnitz and from 1947 to 1965 in St. Petri . In 1935 he was appointed church music director. He headed several choir associations, such as the Chemnitzer Bürgergesangverein and the choir of the Erzgebirge Choir and had a decisive influence on the church music life in Chemnitz and Saxony. His work includes oratorio works, song compositions and choral pieces.
- It may be that everything falls ( EG 378). 1940
- Lord, you have everything, heaven and earth ( EKG , edition for Ev.-Lutheran churches 1975, 465), 1940
- The flakes trickle very gently (text and melody, Christmas carol), 1972, in: Haamitland, mei Arzgebirg, 1987
- Lauter klaane lights (Christmas carol), 1973 based on a text by Karl Hans Pollmer , 1947, in: Haamitland, mei Arzgebirg, 1987
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- Community bulletin 6 + 7/2010 of the St. Petri-Schloss-Kirchgemeinde Chemnitz
- Addi Jacobi : Paul Geilsdorf . In: Stadtstreicher . May 1999 ( online [accessed April 22, 2013]).
- German song
- Evangelical hymn book and "Who is who on the ground floor"
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Geilsdorf, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German church musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Plauen |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 26, 1976 |
| Place of death | Karl Marx City |