Alfred Sittard
Sign in to saveGerman musician, organist, singer, choir director, composer and music educator (1878-1942)
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1901-03-17
- Active to
- 1970-02-17
Discography
- Ports of Paradise1960
- Selections From Fiorello / The Sound of Music1960
- Captain From Castile - Symphonic Suite1987
- Anastasia (Music From The Soundtrack)1993
- Wuthering Heights: A Tribute to Alfred Newman1997
- The Best Of Everything (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)2001
- Captain From Castile2004
- The Black Swan2004
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- Listeners
- 12
- Total plays
- 30
Alfred Sittard was born in Stuttgart in 1878. He studied in Cologne under F. W. Franke and became organist at Dresden Kreuzkirche in 1903, then in 1912 organist at the Michaeliskirche in Hamburg. In 1925 he became professor of organ studies at Universität der Künste in Berlin, where he died in 1942. In his lifetime he was considered one of the foremost organ virtuosos in Germany. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Alfred+Sittard">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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- G PROTEINS: TRANSDUCERS OF RECEPTOR-GENERATED SIGNALS
· 1987 · cited 5,000x
- Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2022 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association
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- The Somatic Genomic Landscape of Glioblastoma
· 2013 · cited 4,493x
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alfred
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- German Reich
- Place of birth
- Stuttgart
- Place of death
- Berlin
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Employer
- Berlin University of the Arts
- Languages spoken
- German
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Alfred Sittard.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1878-11-04
- date of death
- 1942-03-31
- name in native language
- Alfred Sittard
- Commons category
- Alfred Sittard
- P8168
- Catagramma hesperis
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Works in European collections
7 objects attributed to Alfred Sittard, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
"Die Choräle der Matthäus-Passion" (I) : Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen (Nr. 3); Ich bins, ich sollte büßen (Nr. 16); Erkenne mich, mein Hüter (Nr. 21) / [J. S. Bach]
Orgelkonzert, F-dur : Allegro, 1. Satz / (Händel)
"Die Choräle der Matthäus-Passion" (II) : Ich will hier bei dir stehen (Nr. 23); Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit (Nr. 31); Mir hat die Welt trüglich gericht't (Nr. 38) / [J. S. Bach]
"Die Choräle der Matthäus-Passion" : Wer hat dich so geschlagen; (Nr. 44); Bin ich gleich von dir gewichen (Nr. 48); Befiehl du deine Wege (Nr. 53) / [J. S. Bach]
Oratorium "Saul" : Largo, C-dur / (Händel)
"Die Choräle der Matthäus-Passion" : Wie wunderbarlich ist doch diese Strafe (Nr. 55); O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden (Nr. 63); Wenn ich einmal soll scheiden (Nr. 72) / [J. S. Bach]
Weihnachtsfreude (O Freude über Freud) / Musik: Joh. Eccard. Text: Georg Reimann