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==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
?Nationality? ?composer, organist, and/or teacher or?
German composer, Catholic church musician, teacher, and organist
* ?birth year? born in ?birth city?
* 1904 born in Bernkastel
* ?year of event? ?city of event? ?short description of event?
* 1926–30 studied at the Cologne Musikhochschule, where his organ teacher was Hans Bachem.
* ?year of event? ?city of event? ?short description of event?
* 1930–38 taught music theory at Rheinische Musikschule in Cologne.
* ?year of death? died in ?city of death?
* 1938–45 cathedral organist in Trier.
* 1940 became director of the Trier School of Music.
* 1946 began teaching theory at the Cologne Musikhochschule, where he became a professor of choral conducting, counterpoint and composition in 1948.
* 1947–62 director of Cologne’s Bach Society.
* 1956–61 lecturer at the University of Cologne.
* 1958–61 deputy director of the Cologne Musikhochschule.
* 1984 died in Bad Orb.


For details, see the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/?first_middle_last as listed in Wikipedia article?].
Schroeder's main contributions were in the area of Catholic Church music, which he reformed and brought into the 20th century. He employed techniques from the Middle Ages such as fauxbourdon, modes, and Gregorian Chant, while using quintal and quartal harmonies in linear 20th-century polyphony. He has been compared to Paul Hindemith. He wrote many works for organ, and for organ in various chamber ensembles.
 
For details, see the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Schroeder Wikipedia article on Hermann Schroeder].


==List of Organ Works==
==List of Organ Works==
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| Op. 5|| [[Toccata and Fantasy]] || 1930
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| || [[Prelude and Fugue ‘Christ lag in Todesbanden’]] || 1930
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| Op. 9 || [[Little Preludes and Intermezzi]] || 1932
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| Op. ?? || [[Title]] || year
| Op. 11 || [[''Six Chorales (Sechs Orgelchoräle),'' Op. 11]] || 1934
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| Op. ?? || [[Title]] || year
| || [[Die Marianische Antiphone]] || 1954
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|-
| Op. ?? || [[Title]] || year
| || [[Praeambeln und Interludien]] || 1954
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| Op. ?? || [[Title]] || year
| || [[Organ Sonata No. 1]] || 1957
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|-
| Op. ?? || [[Title]] || year
| || [[Partita ‘Veni Creator Spiritus’]] || 1959
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| Op. ?? || [[Title]] || year
| || [[Kleine Intraden]] || 1960
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|-
| Op. ?? || [[Title]] || year
| || [[Orgel Ordinarium ‘Cunctipotens genitor Deus’]] || 1964
|-
| || [[Organ Sonata No.2]] || 1966
|-
| || [[Organ Sonata No.3]] || 1970
|-
| || [[Variations on the ‘Tonus Peregrinus’]] || 1975
|-
| || [[Concerto piccolo]] || 1977
|-
| || [[Skizzen]] || 1978
|}
|}


==''General Perspectives on Performing These Organ Works''==
==Background and General Perspectives on Performing Schroeder Organ Works==
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Hermann Schroeder "Variationen über den Tonus peregrinus", [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49Z9l84jWkE, performed by Maria-Magdalena Kaczor ]
 
FSPC - 17 June 2012 - Offertory - "Preludes for Organ" No V (Hermann Schroeder) , [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7udgkGxe8k, performed by Jon DeHorn]


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Latest revision as of 23:55, 5 April 2015

Synopsis

German composer, Catholic church musician, teacher, and organist

  • 1904 born in Bernkastel
  • 1926–30 studied at the Cologne Musikhochschule, where his organ teacher was Hans Bachem.
  • 1930–38 taught music theory at Rheinische Musikschule in Cologne.
  • 1938–45 cathedral organist in Trier.
  • 1940 became director of the Trier School of Music.
  • 1946 began teaching theory at the Cologne Musikhochschule, where he became a professor of choral conducting, counterpoint and composition in 1948.
  • 1947–62 director of Cologne’s Bach Society.
  • 1956–61 lecturer at the University of Cologne.
  • 1958–61 deputy director of the Cologne Musikhochschule.
  • 1984 died in Bad Orb.

Schroeder's main contributions were in the area of Catholic Church music, which he reformed and brought into the 20th century. He employed techniques from the Middle Ages such as fauxbourdon, modes, and Gregorian Chant, while using quintal and quartal harmonies in linear 20th-century polyphony. He has been compared to Paul Hindemith. He wrote many works for organ, and for organ in various chamber ensembles.

For details, see the Wikipedia article on Hermann Schroeder.

List of Organ Works

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Opus Title Season
Op. 5 Toccata and Fantasy 1930
Prelude and Fugue ‘Christ lag in Todesbanden’ 1930
Op. 9 Little Preludes and Intermezzi 1932
Op. 11 ''Six Chorales (Sechs Orgelchoräle),'' Op. 11 1934
Die Marianische Antiphone 1954
Praeambeln und Interludien 1954
Organ Sonata No. 1 1957
Partita ‘Veni Creator Spiritus’ 1959
Kleine Intraden 1960
Orgel Ordinarium ‘Cunctipotens genitor Deus’ 1964
Organ Sonata No.2 1966
Organ Sonata No.3 1970
Variations on the ‘Tonus Peregrinus’ 1975
Concerto piccolo 1977
Skizzen 1978

Background and General Perspectives on Performing Schroeder Organ Works

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Registration and Organs

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See the footnote in the "Notes" section at the bottom of the page. [1]

Fingering and Pedaling

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Articulation and Phrasing

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Ornamentation

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Tempo and Meter

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Scores and Editions

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Recordings

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Free Online

Hermann Schroeder "Variationen über den Tonus peregrinus", performed by Maria-Magdalena Kaczor

FSPC - 17 June 2012 - Offertory - "Preludes for Organ" No V (Hermann Schroeder) , performed by Jon DeHorn

Pay to Listen

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Other Resources

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Notes

  1. This footnote was entered in the "Registration and Organs" article

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