Franz Lehrndorfer

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Franz Lehrndorfer (10 August 1928 – 10 January 2013) was a German organist, composer, and pedagogue. Biography: Franz Lehrndorfer was born in Salzburg and spent his youth in Kempten. He received his first music lessons from his father, a choir director and musicologist and began to play the organ at age nine. From 1948 until 1951, Lehrndorfer studied sacred music in Munich and obtained a master class diploma in organ performance in 1952. Upon graduation, he worked as music instructor for the Regensburger Domspatzen, under music director Theobald Schrems. In 1962, he began his teaching career at the Musikhochschule München, first as adjunct professor of organ, later (from 1969 until 1993) as professor and department chair of sacred music and organ performance. From 1969 until 31. October 2002, Lehrndorfer was organist at the Frauenkirche in Munich. He left the church after a ten year long trouble with music director of cathedral, Karl-Friedrich Nies. He was particularly known for his organ improvisations, both in concert and on recordings. As a performer, he often included music by Johann Sebastian Bach and Max Reger, as well as works by contemporary composers, such as Karl Höller or Harald Genzmer, in his programs. In 2001, he played the premiere of Genzmer's Concerto for organ, which he subsequently edited for Schott Music. As an organ consultant, Lehrndorfer was in charge of several major organ projects, such as the 1980 Georg Jann organ at Tegernsee Abbey, or the four o

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BACH / REGER: Organ Music

Max Reger: Organ Music

BOELLMAN / WIDOR / SCHNIZER / FRANCK: Romantic Organ Music of the 19th Century

Bach Trumpet Gala, Vol. 1

STANLEY: Six Organ Concertos, Op. 10

THEME & VARIATIONS, Vol. 2: Improvisations

BACH / LISZT / REGER / LULLY: Organ Music

Dom zu München - Glocken und Orgeln

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The Concert

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Organ Christmas

BACH / BOHM / LEHRNDORFER: Celestial Christmas, Vol. 5

THEME AND VARIATIONS, Vol. 1: Improvisation on Children's Songs

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