Psalm 25 Compilation Uploaded by: FredM Composer: Cor van Dijk and Marco den Toom Organ: Goerlitz (Görlitz), Sonnenorgel Software: Hauptwerk V Views: 32
Verses on the fourth tone Uploaded by: srw647 Composer: de Cabezón, Antonio Organ: Mascioni, Azzio (2016) Software: Hauptwerk V Views: 30
Ostinato, GWV 689/6 (2012) Uploaded by: CarsonCooman Composer: Graap, Lothar Organ: Laurenskerk - Main Organ - 1973 Marcussen & Son Software: Hauptwerk IV Views: 94
Primeiro Tento do oitavo tom Uploaded by: jgraca Composer: Coelho, Manuel Rodrigues Organ: Laurenskerk - Main Organ - 1973 Marcussen & Son Software: Hauptwerk IV Views: 452
Tu es Petra Uploaded by: Hoofdwerk Composer: Woodman, James Organ: Laurenskerk - Main Organ - 1973 Marcussen & Son Software: Hauptwerk IV Views: 257
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 "Passion" comes from "Das heilige Jahr", which was composed between 1948 and 1950.
In this piece Ahrens takes up the ostinato from No. 1 to close the cycle and combines it with the chorale O Traurigkeit, o Herzeleid.