Wolfgang Lüderitz (composer)
Wolfgang Lüderitz (born August 10, 1926 in Dudweiler , Saar area ; † September 7, 2012 in Cologne-Porz , Germany ) was a German composer of choral music .
Life
Lüderitz grew up in Wickrathberg near Mönchengladbach , where he played the church organ at the age of 15 and later worked as a choirmaster. This was followed by studies at the Cologne University of Music , which he completed in 1951 with the exam as a choir director. He then studied musicology at the University of Cologne from 1951 to 1954, a . a. under Karl Gustav Fellerer . From 1956 until his death in 2012 Lüderitz lived in Cologne-Porz, where he was also active as a choir director and church musician.
Wolfgang Lüderitz published his first choral compositions in 1954, but his works gained popularity in the 1960s. By the mid-1980s he had already published around 170 original compositions and arrangements of both sacred and secular music, ranging from simple verse songs to symphonic cantatas . The Central German Singers' Association honored him with the award of the Louis Spohr plaque .
Web links
- Literature by and about Wolfgang Lüderitz in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Wildt's Musikversand eK: Portrait of Wolfgang Lüderitz. Retrieved May 25, 2019 .
- ↑ a b KCV Cologne: From the history of the KCV Cologne. Retrieved May 25, 2019 .
- ^ Karl-Heinz Haubrich: Wolfgang Lüderitz. Retrieved May 25, 2019 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Lüderitz, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer of choral music |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 10, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dudweiler , Saar area |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 7, 2012 |
| Place of death | Cologne-Porz |