Sieglinde Ahrens

{{short description|German organist and composer|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Sieglinde Ahrens

| birth_name = Sieglinde Maria Ahrens

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1936|02|19|df=y}}

| birth_place = Berlin, Germany

| nationality = German

| occupation = Organist
Composer

| father = Joseph Ahrens

}}

Sieglinde Maria Ahrens (born 19 February 1936, in Berlin) is a German organist and composer. She is the daughter of (Johannes Clemens) Joseph Ahrens (1904–1997), a German composer and organist. Ahrens studied music and composition under her father. After she completed her studies, she was an organist of Salvator-Kirche and professor of organ at Essen. She is author of a book on Messiaen organ music Das Orgelwerk Messiaens, Gilles u. Francke (1968), ASIN: B0007JD6XM.{{cite web |url= http://www.organ-biography.info/index.php?id=Ahrens_Sieglinde_1936|title=Sieglinde Ahrens|accessdate=11 October 2010}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IvoQQU1QL_QC&q=Norton+grove+Sieglinde+Ahrens&pg=PA5|title=The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers|first1=Julie Anne|last1=Sadie|first2=Rhian|last2=Samuel|year=1994|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company |isbn=9780393034875|accessdate=4 October 2010}}

Works

Selected works include:

  • DREI GESÄNGE NACH LATEINISCHEN PSALMTEXTEN (1963) Bass solo, Organ
  • FANTASIE (1958) Organ
  • SONATE (1957) Violin, Organ
  • SUITE (1959) Organ

Aherns' work has been issued on CD including:

  • Das Heilige Jahr - Orgelopus Von Joseph Ahrens by Sieglinde Ahrens and Joseph Ahrens (Audio CD)
  • Eben - Organ Works by Petr Eben, Sieglinde Ahrens, and Martin Lenniger (Audio CD - 1992)
  • Petr Eben - Organ Work by Petr Eben, Sieglinde Ahrens, and Rudolf Lodenkemper (Audio CD - 1993)
  • Orgelwerke by Sieglinde Ahrens and Petr Eben (Audio CD)

References