Christoph Albrecht (4 January 1930 – 24 September 2016) was a German organist, conductor, composer, musicologist, and music educator. He was born in Salzwedel. He toured extensively as an organist, appearing in concerts and recitals throughout Europe and in the United States. He is the author of several publications on the topics of liturgy and hymnology. He also wrote extensively on sacred music from the 16th through the 18th centuries, and was instrumental in publishing many forgotten works from that period.[1]
Albrecht studied the organ with Günther Ramin. From 1943 to 1948 he served as organist at the Church of St. Mary in Salzwedel. In 1953, he was appointed cantor at the Naumburg Cathedral and lecturer at Kirchenmusikschule Halle. In 1960, he became director of the Kirchenmusikschule Dresden. From 1976 to 1992 he was organist and choirmaster at St. Mary's Church, Berlin. He died in Berlin in 2016.[2]
christoph, albrecht, january, 1930, september, 2016, german, organist, conductor, composer, musicologist, music, educator, born, salzwedel, toured, extensively, organist, appearing, concerts, recitals, throughout, europe, united, states, author, several, publi. Christoph Albrecht 4 January 1930 24 September 2016 was a German organist conductor composer musicologist and music educator He was born in Salzwedel He toured extensively as an organist appearing in concerts and recitals throughout Europe and in the United States He is the author of several publications on the topics of liturgy and hymnology He also wrote extensively on sacred music from the 16th through the 18th centuries and was instrumental in publishing many forgotten works from that period 1 Albrecht studied the organ with Gunther Ramin From 1943 to 1948 he served as organist at the Church of St Mary in Salzwedel In 1953 he was appointed cantor at the Naumburg Cathedral and lecturer at Kirchenmusikschule Halle In 1960 he became director of the Kirchenmusikschule Dresden From 1976 to 1992 he was organist and choirmaster at St Mary s Church Berlin He died in Berlin in 2016 2 References edit List of works by Albrecht at the German National Library permanent dead link Zum Tod von Christoph Albrecht DER SONNTAG Sachsen 20 October 2016 nbsp This article about a German composer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This biographical article about a German musicologist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Christoph Albrecht amp oldid 1192904229, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
