Clemens Ganz (born January 18 1935 in
NohfeldenNohfelden is a municipality in the district of Sankt Wendel, in Saarland, Germany. It is situated approx. 15 km north of Sankt Wendel, and 20 km southwest of Idar-Oberstein....
) is a German
organistAn organist is a musician who plays any type of organ. An organist may play solo organ works, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumental soloists...
.
Ganz studied with
Hermann SchroederHermann Schroeder was a German composer and a Catholic church musician.He spent the greatest part of his life’s work in the Rheinland...
and Josef Zimmermann church music and school music at the
Hochschule für Musik in
CologneCologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants...
(
A-examinationChurch musician is a music profession in Germany.At present there are about 3600 main job and 25000 second job church musicians in the Protestant and Catholic Church in Germany....
). From 1964–1976 he was
cantorA cantor or chanter is the chief singer employed in a church with responsibilities for the ecclesiastical choir; also called the precentor....
at St. Marien in Köln-Kalk. From 1971–1998 he taught as
professorThe meaning of the word professor varies. In some English-speaking countries, it refers to a senior academic who holds a departmental chair, especially as head of the department, or a personal chair awarded specifically to that individual...
at the
Hochschule für Musik. From 1985–2001 he was organist of
Cologne CathedralCologne Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church in Cologne, Germany. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne , and is under the administration of the archdiocese of Cologne...
.
- Hermann Schroeder: Sechs Orgelchoräle über altdeutsche geistliche Volkslieder op.
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Clemens Ganz (born January 18 1935 in
NohfeldenNohfelden is a municipality in the district of Sankt Wendel, in Saarland, Germany. It is situated approx. 15 km north of Sankt Wendel, and 20 km southwest of Idar-Oberstein....
) is a German
organistAn organist is a musician who plays any type of organ. An organist may play solo organ works, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumental soloists...
.
Ganz studied with
Hermann SchroederHermann Schroeder was a German composer and a Catholic church musician.He spent the greatest part of his life’s work in the Rheinland...
and Josef Zimmermann church music and school music at the
Hochschule für Musik in
CologneCologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants...
(
A-examinationChurch musician is a music profession in Germany.At present there are about 3600 main job and 25000 second job church musicians in the Protestant and Catholic Church in Germany....
). From 1964–1976 he was
cantorA cantor or chanter is the chief singer employed in a church with responsibilities for the ecclesiastical choir; also called the precentor....
at St. Marien in Köln-Kalk. From 1971–1998 he taught as
professorThe meaning of the word professor varies. In some English-speaking countries, it refers to a senior academic who holds a departmental chair, especially as head of the department, or a personal chair awarded specifically to that individual...
at the
Hochschule für Musik. From 1985–2001 he was organist of
Cologne CathedralCologne Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church in Cologne, Germany. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne , and is under the administration of the archdiocese of Cologne...
.
Discography
- Hermann Schroeder: Sechs Orgelchoräle über altdeutsche geistliche Volkslieder op. 11
- Hermann Schroeder: Vier Choralvorspiele
- Die neue Schwalbennestorgel im Kölner Dom
- Die Klais-Orgeln im Kölner Dom
- Orgeln in Köln
- Musik am Hohen Dom zu Köln
- Freu dich Erd und Sternenzelt : festliche Advents- und Weihnachtsmusik