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SIGFRID KARG-ELERT (1877 - 1933)
A chorister at the Johanniskirche in Leipzig, Sigfrid Karg had his earlier musical
education there, before training to become a teacher. His father's death in 1889
had brought financial difficulties, which led him, as an adolescent, to support
himself as a freelance musician. In 1896 he entered Leipzig Conservatory. His
earlier career suggested the possibility of earning a living as a solo pianist,
but the encouragement of Grieg led him to further musical study and to composition.
Rejecting the modernist musical tendencies that had interested him for a time,
he wrote relatively little after the 1914-18 war.
Music for Organ and Harmonium
Karg-Elert, the second part of his name taken from that of his mother, is principally known for the many works that he wrote for the improved four-rank harmonium and which he performed on that instrument. Some of these formed the basis of his organ music and make not inconsiderable technical demands on a performer. Although he wrote a quantity of instrumental and vocal music, his name is today chiefly remembered by organists. (Keith Anderson)
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| DUPRE / FRANK / KARG-ELERT / PEETERS: Works for Organ and Piano |
BIS
BIS-CD-551 |
Chamber Music, Instrumental
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| FAGIUS, Hans: Organ Favourites |
BIS
BIS-CD-365 |
Chamber Music, Instrumental
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| GERMAN ROMANTIC CHRISTMAS (Frohlocket ihr Volker auf Erden) (Munich Bach Choir, Albrecht) |
Oehms Classics
OC924 |
Chamber Music, Vocal, Instrumental, Choral - Sacred, Choral - Secular, Opera
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| KARG-ELERT: Seven Pastels from the Lake of Constance, Op. 96 / Trois Impressions, Op. 72 |
BIS
BIS-CD-1084 |
Instrumental
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| KARG-ELERT: Works for Organ |
BIS
BIS-CD-1184 |
Instrumental
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| Organ Recital: Noehren, Robert - WIDOR, C.-M. / BRAHMS, J. / BACH, J.S. / ALAIN, J. / HINDEMITH, P. / KARG-ELERT, S. / MESSIAEN, O. |
Delos
DE3045 |
Instrumental
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| Piano Duo Recital: Klavierduo Eckerle - RIHM, W. / DVORAK, A. / KARG-ELERT, S. / REGER, M. (Walzer) |
Naxos
8.551275 |
Instrumental
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| SOUNDSCAPES, Vol. 2 - A Delos Digital Compact Disc Sampler |
Delos
DE3501 |
Concertos, Orchestral, Chamber Music, Instrumental |
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