Walter Eschenbach

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Walter Eschenbach (* 1883 in Groß Lunau near Kulm ; † 1936 in Königsberg (Prussia) ) was a German organist and church musician .

From 1911 he was cathedral organist and head of the cathedral choir at Königsberg Cathedral . He also taught at the Kühn Conservatory and at the church music school. In 1916 he became the conductor of the Bach Society he founded . He organized many church concerts in the cathedral and in other cities in the province of East Prussia .

On the occasion of the 600th anniversary of the cathedral, he was given the honorary title of church music director in 1933 .

His sister Margarete Eschenbach was a pianist in Königsberg.

publication

  • The new organ in the cathedral and cathedral church in Königsberg i.Pr., built by P. Furtwängler & Hammer, Hanover . Koenigsberg i. Pr. 1928

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Robert Albinus: Königsberg Lexicon . Würzburg 2002, ISBN 3-88189-441-1