Hugo Distler
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German organist, choral conductor, teacher and composer (1908–1942)
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Within Vinony's link graph, Hugo Distler is referenced by 85 other articles, and connects out to Nuremberg, Berlin and Stuttgart.
Vinony files it under 1908 births, 1942 deaths and 1942 suicides.
Its subject is documented across 17 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1908
- Died
- 1942
- Works
- 12
Top works
- Totentanz
- Geistliche Chormusik
- Elf kleine Klavierstücke für die Jugend
- Konzert für Cembalo und Streichorchester, Opus 14
- The Christmas story
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,409
- Total plays
- 16,897
Tags
Hugo Distler was a German composer, known mostly for his church choral music. Hugo's deep religious roots strongly influenced his compositional style. His pieces are very polyphonic, free, and frequently melismatic. Many are based on the pentatonic scale. These features are all characteristic of early scared music. His works, few in number, are also quite virtuosic. Unfortunately, Distler's works were stigmatized by the Nazi regime as "degenerate art". <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Hugo+Di
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Hugo
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Nuremberg
- Place of death
- Berlin
- Occupation
- church musician
- Educated at
- University of Music and Theatre Leipzig
- Political party
- Nazi Party
- Languages spoken
- German
- Religion
- Christianity
- Instrument
- organ
- Official website
- www.hugo-distler.de
- Image
- Hugo Distler.jpg
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- Commons category
- Hugo Distler
- date of birth
- 1908-06-24
- date of death
- 1942-11-01
- manner of death
- Suicide
- archives at
- Bavarian State Library
- name in native language
- Hugo Distler
- cause of death
- asphyxia
- place of burial
- Südwestkirchhof Stahnsdorf
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Works in European collections
4 objects attributed to Hugo Distler, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
