# Clemens Ganz

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{{Short description|German organist (1935–2023)}}
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'''Clemens Ganz''' (18 January 1935 – 19 March 2023) was a German [organist](/source/organist).

Ganz studied with [Hermann Schroeder](/source/Hermann_Schroeder) and Josef Zimmermann church music and school music at the ''Hochschule für Musik'' in [Cologne](/source/Cologne) ([A-examination](/source/Church_musician_(Germany))). From 1964 to 1976 he was [cantor](/source/cantor_(church)) at St. Marien in Köln-Kalk. From 1971 to 1998 he taught as [professor](/source/professor) at the ''Hochschule für Musik''. From 1985 to 2001 he was organist of [Cologne Cathedral](/source/Cologne_Cathedral).<ref>[http://www.hermann-schroeder.de/biografie/whoswho/clemensganz.html Ganz, Clemens<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

Ganz died on 19 March 2023, at the age of 88.<ref>Saarbrücker Zeitung vom 21. März 2023</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Prof. Clemens Ganz |url=https://www.wirtrauern.de/traueranzeige/clemes-ganz |website=Wir Trauern |access-date=31 March 2023}}</ref>

==Discography==
* Hermann Schroeder: Sechs Orgelchoräle über altdeutsche geistliche Volkslieder op. 11
* Hermann Schroeder: Vier Choralvorspiele
* Die neue Schwalbennestorgel im Kölner Dom
* Die Klais-Orgeln im Kölner Dom
* Orgeln in Köln
* Musik am Hohen Dom zu Köln
* Freu dich Erd und Sternenzelt : festliche Advents- und Weihnachtsmusik

==References==
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Category:1935 births
Category:2023 deaths
Category:German classical organists
Category:Organ improvisers
Category:Musicians from Cologne
Category:Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln alumni
Category:Academic staff of the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln
Category:21st-century German organists
Category:21st-century German male musicians
Category:German male classical organists

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