Franz Fleckenstein


Franz Fleckenstein was a German church musician, priest and composer.

Life

Born in Würzburg, Fleckenstein studied church music in Regensburg and after the war additionally theology. In 1950 he was ordained a catholic priest. Later he was chaplain in Miltenberg. From 1953 he was music prefect in Würzburg. From 1960 he was cathedral vicar at Würzburg Cathedral and from 1961 to 1971 at the Würzburg Cathedral. During this time he founded the and in 1967 he and his choirs organized the reopening of the Würzburg Cathedral.
From 1970 he directed the renowned church music school in Regensburg, which since 2001 has been called.
From 1974 to 1984 Fleckenstein was state president of the choir association Allgemeiner Cäcilien-Verband für Deutschland and member of various church commissions.
In 1987 he retired, returned to Würzburg and took over a teaching position for church music at the Hochschule für Musik Würzburg.
Fleckstein died in Würzburg at the age of 73.

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