Karl Hochreither
Karl Hochreither (27 October 1933 – 23 October 2018) was a German organist, conductor, music educator and musicologist. Life Born in Speyer, the son of a carpenter made his first musical experiences as a choir singer under the elementary school teacher and honorary church musician Adolf Graf, who ensured that the gifted boy received a good education on the piano and introduced him to church music in organ lessons, church choir and theory lessons. Hochreither attended the natural science department of the ''Staatliches Gymmasium Speyer (altsprachlich und naturwissenschaftlich)'', the present . After his Abitur in 1952 he studied German language and literature, history and philosophy at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg and afterwards church music at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold, where he became a student of Michael Schneider, with whom he had a lifelong friendship. After completing his studies, Hochreither began working as a cantor in 1959 in Speyer in the office f ...
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Organist
An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ (music), organ. An organist may play organ repertoire, solo organ works, play with an musical ensemble, ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumentalist, instrumental soloists. In addition, an organist may accompany congregational hymn-singing and play liturgy, liturgical music. Classical and church organists The majority of organists, amateur and professional, are principally involved in church music, playing in churches and cathedrals. The pipe organ still plays a large part in the leading of traditional western Christian worship, with roles including the accompaniment of hymns, choral anthems and other parts of the worship. The degree to which the organ is involved varies depending on the church and denomination. It also may depend on the standard of the organist. In more provincial settings, organists may be more accurately described as pianists obliged to play the organ for worship services; nev ...
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