Harald Genzmer was born in 1909 at Blumenthal near Bremen. From 1928 to 1934 he studied composition with Paul Hindemith in Berlin. In 1946 he became professor for composition in Freiburg, from 1957 on the taught at the Munich Hochschule für Musik. Genzmer died in 2007 in Munich.
From Kurt Fiebig’s collection „73 leichte Choralvorspiele Vol. 2“, published by FEC Leuckart.