Paul Schuh (church musician)

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Paul Schuh (born June 16, 1910 in Trier ; † January 6, 1969 there ) was a German church musician . He was the cathedral organist and music director at Trier Cathedral .

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Paul Schuh received his musical training during his high school years in the Trier Cathedral Choir and in the Cathedral Music School with cathedral music director Wilhelm Stockhausen and cathedral organist Ludwig Boslet .

In 1931 he joined the Trier seminary and received the 1936 ordination . Then he was chaplain in Bliesen near St. Wendel and completed a study visit at the Pontifical College of Music in Rome from 1937 to 1941 and was chaplain and organist at the German national church Santa Maria dell'Anima .

In 1941 Paul Schuh became cathedral organist in Trier. From 1946 he headed the Episcopal Church Music School, where he especially gave organ lessons. In 1954 he received his doctorate degree from the University of Cologne with a thesis on Joseph Andreas Anschuez, the founder of the Koblenz Music Institute. phil. PhD . In 1955 he was appointed diocesan president of the Cecilia societies by Bishop Matthias Wehr .

In 1958 he took over the leadership of the cathedral choir and the cathedral music school as cathedral music director. At the same time he became vicar at the Hohen Domkirche and lecturer for Gregorian chant and church music at the theological faculty in Trier .

With the cathedral choir he won first prize at the 1966 International Choir Competition in Montreux .

Paul Schuh's repertoire included around 30 important organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach . He gave organ concerts in Lübeck, Eutin, Regensburg, Cologne, Luxembourg and Holland.

Works

Compositions

  • Salvum fac populum tuum, Domine.
  • Tantum ergo. 3 voices. In the Sing to the Lord collection . Gregorius, Aachen
  • Cantatas about well-known Christmas and Mary songs. Kessler, Trier
  • Organ movements with preludes and reenactments to the hymn and prayer book for the Diocese of Trier 1958. Paulinus, Trier
  • Latin and German Proprien. manuscript

Fonts

  • Joseph Andreas Anschuez (1772–1855), the founder of the Koblenz Music Institute. Dissertation. University of Cologne 1954. In: Contributions to Rhenish music history. Issue 25. Volk, Cologne 1958, ISSN  0522-7046 .
  • The Trier Choral Controversy. In: Johannes Overath (Ed.): Musicae sacrae ministerium. Festival ceremony for Karl Gustav Fellerer . Cologne 1962, pp. 125-138.
  • Peter Wagner , a Trier of international repute. In: New Trierisches Jahrbuch . 2, 1962, pp. 62-71, OCLC 1069225244 .
  • Trier bells then and now. A historical and sound-critical study. In: Festschrift for Alois Thomas. Diocese archive, Trier 1967, pp. 393–403.

Records

  • Holy Rock Pilgrimage . Musikhaus Kessler, Trier 1959.
  • The Trier Cathedral Choir sings Christmas carols. Edited by Trier Cathedral Choir, Trier 1966.

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SURNAME Schuh, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German church musician
DATE OF BIRTH June 16, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH trier
DATE OF DEATH January 6, 1969
Place of death trier