Reinhard Schwarz-Schilling (9 May 1904 in

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– 9 December 1985 in

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) was a German composer. Reinhard Schwarz-Schilling grave

The son of a chemical manufacturer, Schwarz-Schilling embarked upon his musical studies in 1922, first in

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and – interrupted by several extended breaks in

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– from 1925 in

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, where he studied with

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(composition),

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(piano) and Heinrich Boell (organ). From 1927 to 1929, he studied with Heinrich Kaminski, who also taught

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. In 1938, he obtained a teaching position at the Musikhochschule in Berlin (now the

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). One of his most prominent pupils was

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. A devout

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, Schwarz-Schilling's music was often inspired by religious and spiritual themes. His tonal language follows in the tradition of

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and is strongly influenced by that of his teacher Heinrich Kaminski. His best known work is the Cantata ''Die Botschaft'' ("The Commission"), composed between 1979 and 1982, although he also composed a wide range of

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and choral works. His Symphony in C major(1963), ''Sinfonia diatonica'' (1957) and Introduction & Fugue for string orchestra (1948) have been recorded for CD.Naxos 8.570435 (2008). His son is the German politician Christian Schwarz-Schilling.

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