Hugo Distler

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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". Hugo attended Leipzig Conservatory first as a conducting student with piano as his secondary subject, changing later to composition and organ. He became organist at St. Jacobi in Lübeck in 1931. He also taught at the School for Church Music in Spandau, and became a professor of church music in Stuttgart in 1940. Becoming increasingly depressed from the death of friends, aerial attacks, job pressures, and the constant threat of conscription into the German army, he committed suicide in Berlin at the age of 34. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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Hugo Distler: "Totentanz", aus Geistliche Chormusik, Op. 12 (Drei-Und vierstimmige Motetten)

Distler, H.: Morike-Chorliederbuch

Distler: Die Weihnachtsgeschichte, Op. 10

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Distler: Liturgische Sätze

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Hugo Distler: Choral Works

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Micromania - 85 Piano Miniatures

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Hugo Distler: Mörike-Chorliederbuch

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Distler, H.: Piano Works

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Hugo Distler: Choralmesse op. 3

Hugo Distler: Totentanz, op. 12,2

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Christmas with Chanticleer & Dawn Upshaw

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Hugo Distler: Geistliche Chormusik

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