Gottfried Grote (15 May 1903 – July 1976) was a German church musician. Born in Oberfrohna, Grote was from 1926 to 1935 organist and choir director of the Bach-Verein (Bach association) in

Wuppertal Wuppertal (; "''Wupper Dale''") is, with a population of approximately 355,000, the seventh-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia as well as the 17th-largest city of Germany. It was founded in 1929 by the merger of the cities and to ...

, which later was named ''Wupperfelder Kantorei'' (Wupperfeld chorale). From 1935 he was director of the

Spandauer Kirchenmusikschule The (Spandau school of church music) was a music academy in Spandau, Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1929, it was housed in the in Spandau and was closed in 1998. The schools choir appeared and recorded as the Spandauer Kantorei. It was located in t ...

(Spandau school of church music. Grote also became a professor at the Berlin Conservatory. From 1955 he was the conductor of the ''Staats- und Domchor Berlin'' (State and cathedral choir Berlin). He is best known as editor of the collection of hymns ''Das Geistliche Chorlied'' (The sacred choral song), nicknamed after him "Der Grote". Grote was a particular admirer of

Heinrich Schütz Heinrich Schütz (; 6 November 1672) was a German early Baroque composer and organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach, as well as one of the most important composers of the 17th century. He ...

. He arranged in Wupperfeld the third festival ''Heinrich-Schütz-Fest''. He died in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

. Pupils of Gottfried Grote have included Ewald Dorfmüller and

Erhard Egidi Erhard Egidi (23 April 1929 – 8 September 2014) was a German cantor, organist and composer of sacred music. He was ''Kantor'' at the Neustädter Kirche, Hannover, from 1972 to 1991, where he focused on music in church services, but also conduct ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Grote, Gottfried 1903 births 1976 deaths German classical organists German male organists 20th-century classical musicians 20th-century organists 20th-century German male musicians 20th-century German musicians Male classical organists