Toccata (II) (2001) Uploaded by: CarsonCooman Composer: Albus, Thomas Organ: Laurenskerk - Transept Organ - 1959 Marcussen & Son Software: Hauptwerk IV Views: 91
Gigue Toccata Uploaded by: Hoofdwerk Composer: Penfield, Craig Organ: Bergen op Zoom, Ibach Software: Hauptwerk IV Views: 91
Prelude No. 1 (2014) Uploaded by: CarsonCooman Composer: Brumby, Colin Organ: Laurenskerk - Main Organ - 1973 Marcussen & Son Software: Hauptwerk IV Views: 46
Rejoice Uploaded by: Hoofdwerk Composer: Diemer, Emma Lou Organ: Laurenskerk - Main Organ - 1973 Marcussen & Son Software: Hauptwerk IV Views: 127
In the Sierras Uploaded by: contrabourdon Composer: Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel Organ: Laurenskerk - Main Organ - 1973 Marcussen & Son Software: Hauptwerk V Views: 41
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 "Ostern" comes from "Das heilige Jahr", which was composed between 1948 and 1950.