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Also known as Christoph Karrer

German musician and composer (1947–2024)

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Germany
Active from
1947-01-20
Active to
2024-01-02
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Discography

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Listeners
391
Total plays
3,106

Tags

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Chris Karrer (born Christoph Karrer in Kempten, Germany, on 20 January 1947; died 2 January 2024) was a German guitarist and composer remembered as the co-founder of the Amon Düül commune and as a member of the related, and much more commercially successful, project Amon Düül II, and for his collaboration with Embryo. Also playing oud, saxophone and violin, he was known for film scores such as for Syberberg's San Domingo; he was awarded the Deutscher Filmpreis for film music in 1971. He rele

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Christoph
Gender
male
Citizenship
Germany
Place of birth
Kempten
Place of death
Kronach
Occupation
singer
Languages spoken
German
Instrument
saxophone
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date of birth
1947-01-20
date of death
2024-01-02
manner of death
natural causes
cause of death
COVID-19
copyright representative
GEMA
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