Sieglinde Maria Ahrens is a German

Germans

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 organist

Organist

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 and composer

Composer

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. She is the daughter of (Johannes Clemens) Joseph Ahrens

Joseph Ahrens

Joseph Ahrens was a German composer and organist.Ahrens received early training in organ and choral music, and studied at the Berlin Staatlich Akademie für Kirchen- und Schulmusik from 1925 to 1928 under Alfred Sittard, Max Seiffert, and Wilhelm Middelschulte. In 1928 he became a docent at the...

 (1904–1997), a German composer and organist. Aherns studied music and composition under her father. After she completed her studies, she was an organist of Salvator-Kirche and professor of organ at Essen

Essen

- Origin of the name :In German-speaking countries, the name of the city Essen often causes confusion as to its origins, because it is commonly known as the German infinitive of the verb for the act of eating, and/or the German noun for food. Although scholars still dispute the interpretation of...

. She is author of a book on Messiaen organ music Das Orgelwerk Messiaens, Gilles u. Francke (1968), ASIN: B0007JD6XM.

Works

Selected works include:

• DREI GESÄNGE NACH LATEINISCHEN PSALMTEXTEN (1963) Bass solo, Organ
• FANTASIE (1958) Organ
• SONATE (1957) Violin, Organ
• SUITE (1959) Organ

Aherns' work has been issued on CD including:

• Das Heilige Jahr - Orgelopus Von Joseph Ahrens by Sieglinde Ahrens and Joseph Ahrens (Audio CD)
• Eben - Organ Works by Petr Eben, Sieglinde Ahrens, and Martin Lenniger (Audio CD - 1992)
• Petr Eben - Organ Work by Petr Eben, Sieglinde Ahrens, and Rudolf Lodenkemper (Audio CD - 1993)
• Orgelwerke by Sieglinde Ahrens and Petr Eben (Audio CD)