Amadeus Webersinke
Amadeus Webersinke (1920–2005) was a German pianist and organist. The son of a secondary school teacher, he attended high school in Jesenik. Webersinke studied from at the Institut für Kirchenmusik in Leipzig with Karl Straube, Johann Nepomuk David, and Otto Weinreich.
Amadeus Webersinke
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- Name
- Amadeus Webersinke
- Born
- 1 November 1920
- Birthplace
- Broumov, Czechoslovakia
- Died
- 15 May 2005 1 November 1920
- Place of death
- Dresden, Germany
- Occupation
- Pianist, organist
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He was a lecturer at the Felix Mendelssohn College of Music and Theatre and until 1953, he worked mainly as an organist, and later only as a pianist. Webersinke was particularly devoted to Bach's organ and piano works and also gave concerts on the clavichord. He recorded Max Reger's Piano Concerto (issued in 1973). In 1966, he assumed a professorship at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden.
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For the birthplace of Amadeus Webersinke, Broumov is recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and Jägerndorf (auj. Krnov, République tchèque) by the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Places of activity recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek: Leipzig and Dresden.
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• Name — Amadeus Webersinke • Born — 1 November 1920 • Birthplace — Broumov, Czechoslovakia • Died — 15 May 2005 1 November 1920 • Place of death — Dresden, Germany • Occupation — Pianist, organist
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Amadeus Webersinke (1 November 1920 – 15 May 2005) is described as a musician, organist, pianist and university teacher in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. The birth of Amadeus Webersinke is recorded on 1 November 1920, and the death on 15 May 2005. Amadeus Webersinke died in Dresden, Germany, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Awards
• First Prize for Organ at the International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in Leipzig (1950) • National Prize of the GDR, 3rd Class (1950) • Robert Schumann Prize of the City of Zwickau (1974) • Distinguished University Teacher of the GDR (1980) • Star of People's Friendship in Gold (1988) • Saxon Order of Merit (2000)
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