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      • David Hermann Engel (22 January 1816 – 3 May 1877) was a German organist and composer.


      Life


      Born in Neuruppin, after his first organ lessons with Friedrich Wilke in Neu-Ruppin, Engel studied with Friedrich Schneider in Dessau and Adolf Friedrich Hesse in Breslau. In 1841, he went to Berlin, where he worked as a music and singing teacher. Some of his works appeared in print here. His acquaintance with Gustav Wilhelm Teschner led him to study older Italian church music. His chorale book, published in 1844, earned him high recognition and as a result he received repeated commissions to compose for the Staats- und Domchor Berlin. In 1848, Engel was elected organist at the Merseburg Cathedral.
      Engel is considered the "discoverer" and patron of the organ builder Friedrich Ladegast.
      Engel died in Merseburg at the age of 61.


      Awards


      Engel received the goldene Medaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft from the Prussian King for the publication of the Choralbuch zur gottesdienstlichen Feier für Kirche und Haus.


      Work


      Choralbuch (with interludes) zur gottesdienstlichen Feier für Kirche und Haus Op. 10, Berlin 1844 OCLC 17710483
      Der 81. Psalm Op. 11, Berlin 1847 OCLC 1073230132
      Der 61. Psalm Op. 12, Eisleben 1852
      Zehn Orgelstücke Op. 15, Erfurt 1855 OCLC 864465069
      Winfried und die heilige Eiche bei Geismar Op. 20
      Geistliche Melodien aus dem 17. Jahrhundert Op. 24, Leipzig 1857
      Zionsharfe Op. 26, Leipzig 1860
      Weihnachts-Hymne Op. 37, Leipzig 1872


      References




      Further reading


      Autobiography, in Galerie berühmter Pädagogen, verdienter Schulmänner, Jugend- und Volksschriftsteller und Componisten aus der Gegenwart in Biographien und biographischen Skizzen, 1 (1859), pp. 120–125


      External links



      Literature by and about David Hermann Engel in the German National Library catalogue
      Works by and about David Hermann Engel in the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (German Digital Library)
      Free scores by David Hermann Engel at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
      Engel, David Hermann: Beitrag zur Geschichte des Orgelbauwesens: eine Denkschrift zur Einweihung der durch Herrn Friedrich Ladegast erbauten großen Dom-Orgel zu Merseburg, nebst Disposition derselben (in German) Körner 1855

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