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Franz Lehrndorfer

Franz Lehrndorfer
Organ Frauenkirche München.jpg
Organ in the Frauenkirche, Munich
Born (1928-08-10)10 August 1928
Salzburg
Died 10 January 2013(2013-01-10) (aged 84)
Munich
Occupation
  • Organist
  • Composer
  • Academic teacher
Organization

Franz Lehrndorfer (10 August 1928 – 10 January 2013) was a German organist and composer. A specialist in organ improvisation, he was for decades both the organist of the Munich cathedral Frauenkirche and the head of the department of Catholic Church Music at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München. Several of his students became cathedral organists and professors.

Born in Salzburg, Lehrndorfer grew up in Kempten. He received his first music lessons from his father, who was a choir director and musicologist. He played the organ in the local parish age 9. From 1948 to 1951, Lehrndorfer studied Catholic Church Music in Munich, achieving his master class diploma for organ in 1952. After graduation, he worked as a music teacher with the boys' choir Regensburger Domspatzen under cathedral Kapellmeister Theobald Schrems. In 1962, he began his career as a lecturer at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München where he worked until his retirement in 1993 as head of Catholic church music. From 1969 to 2003, Lehrndorfer also worked in the position of organist at the Munich cathedral Frauenkirche. A particular focus of his artistic activity is organ improvisation. In 2001, he played the premiere of Harald Genzmer's Concerto for organ and edited it for publication by Schott Music. He composed mostly works for organ, such as variations on the carol "O du fröhliche", and sacred music. Lehrndorfer designed several major organs, including in 1980 the new organ of the Tegernsee Abbey with 33 stops, three manuals, a pedalboard and mechanical wind chest, made by Georg Jann.


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