Willy Trapp
Willy Trapp (born January 28, 1923 ; † October 28, 2013 ) was a German church musician, composer, arranger and lyricist. He wrote a variety of sacred and secular choral works as well as instrumental music and teaching literature, etc. a. for piano, recorder and electric organ. He studied at the Gregoriushaus in Aachen, was a church musician first at the collegiate church in Bonn, later at the Catholic Church of St. Petrus Canisius in Cologne-Buchforst . Willy Trapp led various choirs and instrumental ensembles. Because of his numerous works he is well known not only among amateur choirs.
Works (selection)
- Song of praise of creation / song of the three young men in the fiery furnace (for choir and orchestra)
- Our father (Anton Böhm 2004)
- Christ the King, alleluia (Anton Böhm 2004)
- Thank you (Anton Böhm 2004)
- Shepherds in the Field Are Awakened (Eres Edition 2004)
- Set your eyes on the Lord
- Hymn (Anton Böhm 2003)
- Four sketches for trumpet and organ ( Wolfgang G. Haas )
- Praise the Lord of the World (based on Henry Purcell's Trumpet Voluntary or Jeremiah Clarke's "Prince of Denmark's March")
Web links
- Works by and about Willy Trapp in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.wirtrauern.de/Trauerbeispiel/Willy-Trapp , accessed on November 8, 2013
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| SURNAME | Trapp, Willy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German church musician and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1923 |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 28, 2013 |