About Georg Trexler
Lived 1903 – 1979 (aged 76). Georg Trexler was a German composer, kirchenmusikdirektor, music educator, university teacher, conductor and cantor.
Georg Max Trexler (February 9, 1903 in Pirna – December 15, 1979 in Leipzig) was a German composer.
Originally a student of economics at the University of Leipzig, he switched to music under the influence of Karl Straube, and became a choirmaster and organist at the St. Trinitatis church in Leipzig in 1930, continuing his work there for forty years.
He started teaching organ and conducting at the conservatory in 1935; he was drafted as a soldier in 1940, and ended the war as a US prisoner of war, before returning to Leipzig and the university.
Pope Paul VI awarded him the Order of St. Sylvester in 1967 for his contributions to Catholic music.
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Who was Georg Trexler?
German composer (1903–1979)
When was Georg Trexler born?
Georg Trexler was born on 9 February 1903 in Pirna.
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Georg Trexler died on 15 December 1979 in Leipzig.
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Georg Trexler was a composer, kirchenmusikdirektor, music educator, university teacher, conductor and cantor.
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Georg Trexler was German.
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