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Dresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
is the largest church in Saxony
Saxony
The Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with of Germany's sixteen states....
, and home to the Dresdner Kreuzchor
Dresdner Kreuzchor
The Dresdner Kreuzchor is the boys' choir of the Kreuzkirche in Dresden. It has a seven century history. Today the choir has about 150 members from the age of 9-19 from Dresden and the surrounding region. Most of the boys live in a boarding school. The Choir Boys are also called "Kruzianer". The...
boy choir. Known since the early 12th century, it was officially dedicated on 10 June 1388 to the Holy Cross. Since 1491, it has burned down five times. In its current form, it was re-opened in 1955.
Kreuzkantors
Since the Reformation:- 1540-1553 Sebaldus Baumann
- 1553-1560 Johannes Selner
- 1560-1561 Andreas Lando
- 1561-1585 Andreas Petermann
- 1585-1586 Kaspar Füger
- 1586-1589 Basilius Köhler
- 1589-1606 Bartholomäus Petermann
- 1606-1612 Christoph Lisberger
- 1612-1615 Samuel RülingSamuel RülingSamuel Rüling was a German composer and poet in the early 17th century.- Before Kreuzkirche :Rüling was born around 1586 in Groitzsch, near Leipzig, as the son of Johann Rüling...
- 1615-1625 Christoph Neander
- 1625-1654 Michael Lohr
- 1654-1694 Jacob Beutel
- 1694-1713 Basilius Petritz
- 1713-1720 Johann Zacharias Grundig
- 1720-1755 Theodor Christlieb Reinhold
- 1755-1785 Gottfried August HomiliusGottfried August HomiliusGottfried August Homilius was a German composer, cantor, and organist. He was the main representative of the empfindsamer style....
- 1785-1813 Christian Ehregott WeinligChristian Ehregott WeinligChristian Ehregott Weinlig was a German composer and cantor of Dresden's Kreuzkirche.Born in Dresden, Weinlig received his musical training at the city's Kreuzschule from Gottfried August Homilius, and from 1765 at the University of Leipzig. From 1767 to 1773 he was organist of the Reformed Church...
- 10. August - 24. Oktober 1813 Gottlob August Krille
- 1814-1817 Christian Theodor WeinligChristian Theodor WeinligChristian Theodor Weinlig was a German music teacher, composer, and choir conductor in Dresden and Leipzig....
- 1818-1822 Hermann UberHermann UberFriedrich Christian Hermann Uber was a German composer, who also served as the cantor of the Kreuzkirche in Dresden....
- 1822-1828 Friedrich Wilhelm Aghte
- 1828-1875 Ernst Julius Otto
- 1876-1906 Friedrich Oskar Wermann
- 1906-1930 Otto Richter
- 1930-1971 Rudolf MauersbergerRudolf MauersbergerRudolf Mauersberger was a German choral conductor and composer.-Professional career:...
- 1971-1991 Martin FlämigMartin FlämigMartin Flämig was a German church musician, cantor of the Dresdner Kreuzchor from 1971 to 1991.- Biography :...
- 1991-1994 Gothart Stier
- 1994-1996 Matthias Jung (kommissarisch)
- Since 1997 Roderich Kreile
Literature
- Karlheinz Blaschke: Dresden, Kreuzkirche, Kreuzschule, Kreuzchor – musikalische und humanistische Tradition in 775 Jahren. Gütersloh/München 1991, ISBN 3-570-06664-9
- Dieter Härtwig, Matthias Herrmann: Der Dresdner Kreuzchor – Geschichte und Gegenwart, Wirkungsstätten und Schule, Evangelische Verlagsanstalt Leipzig 2006, ISBN 3-374-02402-5
- Jürgen Helfricht: Dresdner Kreuzchor und Kreuzkirche. Eine Chronik von 1206 bis heute. Husum 2004, ISBN 3-89876-180-0
- Jürgen Helfricht: Dresden und seine Kirchen. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt Leipzig 2005, ISBN 3-374-02261-8
- Hans John: Der Dresdner Kreuzchor und seine Kantoren. Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-374-00177-7