Hermann Schroeder

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Hermann Schroeder (born 26 March 1904 in Bernkastel, died 7 October 1984 in Bad Orb) was a German composer and a catholic church musician.

He spent the greatest part of his life’s work in the Rheinland. His main sphere of activity as composer, conductor and organist were in addition to his work as Professor of choral conducting, counterpoint and composition at the Musikhochschule Köln and conducting various semiprofessional ensembles such as the Bach-Verein Köln and the Rheinischen Kammerchor.

Schroeder's works are characterized by the employment of elements of Gregorian chant, which achieve their special style by distancing with the help of quintal and quartal harmonies.

The following quotation describes his creative principle most clearly: "connection to the church-mode melos in the chromatic realm while simultaneously retaining the relativity of the intervallic values."^{[verification needed]}

Important works: Missa Gregoriana, Missa dorica, organ music, folk-song settings, German settings of the Ordinary and Proper of the Mass.

Translated from the German Wikipedia