Joseph Ahrens

Joseph Ahrens ( born April 17, 1904 in Summer Sell; † 21 December 1997 ) was a German composer and organist.

Life

Ahrens was born in Westphalia Sommersell son of an organist and lived in Berlin since his student days. After receiving his degree in Münster, he studied in Berlin with Alfred Sittard and Max Seiffert. Since 1928, he taught as a professor at the Berlin Academy for School and Church Music. From 1931 to 1940 he was organist of the Berlin Philharmonic. Since 1934, he served as organist at the St. Hedwig's Cathedral (Berlin) and 1945 to 1957 as organist at the Salvator Church (Berlin- Wilmersdorf ). From 1945 to 1969 he was professor of church music at the Hochschule für Musik Berlin, whose Deputy Director he was from 1954 to 1958. In 1963 he became a member of the Academy of Arts in Berlin. Ahrens is considered one of the most important exponents of a renewed Catholic church music.

His main works include the choral cycle "The Holy Year ", which contains a number of cantus firmus edits. Ahrens ' line rare spelling is characterized by distinctive themes of education, extended tonality and focus on liturgy and worship. In 1959 he applied consistently to the twelve-tone technique.

His tomb is located in the forest cemetery Zehlendorf.

Awards

  • Art Prize of the Berlin- Jubilee Foundation 1848 (1948)
  • Berlin Art Prize (1955 )

Organ Works

  • Small Christmas Partita " Born In Bethlehem " (1929 )
  • Canzone in F ( 1930)
  • Prelude, Aria and Toccata in A minor (1931 )
  • Toccata Eroica (1932 )
  • Ricercare in a ( 1934)
  • Pange lingua, hymn (1935 )
  • Partita "Christ is risen " (1935 )
  • Five Small Pieces (1936 ): Intrada - Intermezzo - Invention - Interlude
  • Regina Coeli (1937 )
  • Dorian Toccata (1938 )
  • Fantasy, marcia funebre Grave and Toccata in C Minor (1939 )
  • Small musical in A Minor (1940 )
  • Concerto in E minor (1941 )
  • Jesu, meine Freude, Partita (1942 )
  • Concertino in G major (1943 )
  • Fantasy in B minor (1943 )
  • Canzone in cis (1943 )
  • Organ Mass (1945 )
  • Grant us peace mercifully, Partita (1947 )
  • Hymnus " Veni, Creator Spiritus " (1947 )
  • Praise to the Lord, Partita (1947 )
  • Triptych B-A -C -H ( 1949)
  • The Holy Year: Choral works for organ (1948 /50)
  • Concertino for Positive ( 1950)
  • Cantiones Gregorianae per organo I-III (1957 )
  • Trilogia sacra I: Domus Dei. Seven contemplations for Organ ( 1959)
  • Trilogia sacra II: Civitas Dei. Seven visions after the Apocalypse (1960 )
  • Transformations I ( 1963), II (1964 ) and III ( 1965)
  • Imagination and ricercare on a Theme by J. Cabanilles (1965 )
  • Five Irons ( 1969), Blessed be thou of Jesus Christ - Christ is risen - In God's name we go - Now we ask the Holy Spirit - God be praised and gebenedeiet
  • Trilogia contrapunctica ( 1972,1975,1976 )
  • Canticum organi I-III ( 1972,1975,1976 )
  • Trilogia dodekaphonica (1978 )
  • Passacaglia dodekaphonica (1980 )

Writings

  • Joseph Ahrens: formal principles of Gregorian chant and my organ style. Heidelberg 1978.
  • Joseph Ahrens: Of the modes Dodecaphony. Heidelberg 1979.
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