Wolfgang Oehms

Swallow's Nest organ of the organ builder Klais (1974) in the Cathedral of Trier

Wolfgang Oehms (born October 24, 1932 in Saffig , Mayen district ; † October 3, 1993 in Trier ) was a German organist .

Oehms studied church music at the Cologne University of Music . In 1957 he passed his concert exam there . From 1953 to 1959 he held office at the collegiate church in Bonn . In 1959 he was appointed cathedral organist in Trier , where he worked until 1993. He taught as a lecturer at the Episcopal Church Music School in Trier and at the Music Academy in Saarbrücken . From 1969 he also held the office of organ expert. Oehms has given concerts in France , Israel , South Africa , Japan , Thailand , Sri Lanka , Singapore , Hong Kong , the Philippines and the USA .

Fonts

• With hands and feet. Organist memorabilia. Paulinus, Trier 1988 (1990), ISBN 3-7902-0110-3 .
• With manual and whistle. New memorabilia from an organist. Paulinus, Trier 1989, ISBN 3-7902-0115-4 .
• Vox coelestis. A slightly different organ book. Paulinus, Trier 1992, ISBN 3-7902-0099-9 .
• The organ in Trier Cathedral . In: New Trierisches Jahrbuch . Trierisch Association, 1995, ISSN  0077-7765 , p. 228-230 .

Audio documents

• The bamboo organ of Las Piñas, Philippines (Psallite 1976)
• Music on the Walcker organ (Musicological Publishing Company 1976)
• The organs in Trier Cathedral (1993)
• The Klais organ in Trier Cathedral (Motette-Ursina 1996)
• Charles Marie Widor, 6th Symphony for Organ in G minor, Op. 42, 2 (North German recording studio for church music 1981)

literature

• Nikolaus Föhr: Wolfgang Oehms. Cathedral organist in Trier Cathedral from 1959 to 1993. In: New Trierian Yearbook. 35 (1995), pp. 223-227.

Web links

• Works by and about Wolfgang Oehms in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by and about Wolfgang Oehms  in the German Digital Library
• Wolfgang Oehms at Allmusic (English)
• Entry on Wolfgang Oehms in the Rhineland-Palatinate personal database
• Wolfgang Oehms at Trier Organ Point
• Portrait of Wolfgang Oehms on the website of the Stifts-Chor Bonn

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gustav Bereths: contributions to the history of the Trier Cathedral Music. Schott, Mainz 1974, ISBN 3795713153 , p. 60 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
2. ↑ Portrait of Wolfgang Oehm at Stifts-Chor Bonn