Friedrich Högner


Friedrich Johannes Paul Högner was a German organist and church musician.

Career

Born in, today Ostheim, Högner was the son of the Protestant pastor Andreas Högner and his wife Mathilde, née Städler. He attended the, then the in Altdorf and finally studied music at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich, Erlangen and Leipzig. As a student he became a member of the and the.
From 1922 he was cantor for three years in. At the same time he was musical director at the St. Thomas School, Leipzig and in 1924 he took over the representation of Karl Straube at the conservatory.
In 1925, Högner went to Regensburg as city cantor and. in Roma Quanta fuit. Wißner Augsburg, 2010,, ]. In 1929 he returned to the Leipzig Conservatory as an organ teacher. There he was organist at the Paulinerkirche and was appointed professor at the Church Music Institute in 1934. From 1937 to 1965 he was the regional church music director of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria. From 1959 he was also professor at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Munich and head of the department for church music.

Bell expert

Högner had no driver's license. So he travelled around by train or had relatives take him to his destination. If, for example, as a bell expert he had his bell testing instruments with him, he had to carry the heavy bag with him.
Högner died in Munich at the age of 83.

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