Wir glauben all' an einem Gott Uploaded by: Agnus_Dei Composer: Bach, Johann Christoph Organ: St. Peter und Paul Weissenau Software: Hauptwerk IV Views: 123
Wer nur lieben Gott lasst walten Uploaded by: EdoL Composer: Marpurg, Friedrich Wilhelm Organ: 1687 Arp Schnitger, Steinkirchen, Germany Software: Hauptwerk V Views: 114
Divinum mysterium Uploaded by: Musicman92312 Composer: David Lasky Organ: Laurenskerk - Main Organ - 1973 Marcussen & Son Software: Hauptwerk VI Views: 71
Sonata 1 D-dur (III.Allegro) Uploaded by: Grandjeux Composer: Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Organ: Laurenskerk - Main Organ - 1973 Marcussen & Son Software: Hauptwerk IV Views: 329
Trumpet Tune in D Uploaded by: UliG Composer: Johnson, David N. Organ: Laurenskerk - Main Organ - 1973 Marcussen & Son Software: Hauptwerk IV Views: 402
Sonatina No. 1, Opus 991 Uploaded by: Hoofdwerk Composer: Cooman, Carson Organ: Laurenskerk - Main Organ - 1973 Marcussen & Son Software: Hauptwerk IV Views: 434
Joseph Ahrens (1904 - 1997) was a German composer and organist.
Ahrens studied in Berlin from 1925 to 1928 with Alfred Sittard, Max Seiffert, and Wilhelm Middelschulte. Between 1931 and 1940 Ahrens was the organist for the Berliner Philharmoniker, simultaneously serving as the organist for the Cathedral of St. Hedwig after 1934. From 1945 to 1957 he was organist at the Salvatorkirche in Berlin-Wilmersdorf. Taking a professorship in church music at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik in 1945, he remained there until 1969, serving as deputy director from 1954 to 1958.
Ahrens was a noted organ improviser. His compositions often combined elements of prior liturgical music styles (such as Gregorian chant) with modern techniques like dodecaphony. A large portion of his output is written for the Catholic Church.
His daughter is the organist Sieglinde Ahrens.
The cycle "Advent" comes from "Das heilige Jahr", which was composed between 1948 and 1950.