Hans Uwe Hielscher

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Marktkirche Wiesbaden
Marktkirche Wiesbaden

Hans Uwe Hielscher (born 1945) is a German organist and composer.

Hielscher studied church music at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold in Detmold (A) and carillon in Utrecht. From 1969 - 1973 he was church musician in Juist and from 1973 - 1979 in Bielefeld. He has been the organist and carilloneur at the Marktkirche in Wiesbaden since 1979. In 1985 he worked at the Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles and he has been teaching at the University of Redlands in California since 1986.

Hielscher is active as a concert organist and has played more than 2500 organ concerts worldwide.

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[edit] Awards

  • Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (1985)

[edit] Publications

  • Alexandre Guilmant: Leben und Werk
  • Berühmte Orgeln der USA
  • Die Oberlinger-Orgel in der Marktkirche Wiesbaden
  • Französische Orgelkunst der Spätromantik

[edit] Compositions

  • California wine suite
  • Variations sur „Frère Jacques“
  • American folksongs
  • Mosaik
  • Weihnachtskantate

[edit] External links

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NAME Hielscher, Hans Uwe
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SHORT DESCRIPTION German organist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1945
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DATE OF DEATH
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