Helmut Walcha Quotes
Bach opens a vista to the universe. After experiencing him, people feel there is meaning to life after all.
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| Birth: | 27th October, 1907 |
| Death: | 11th August, 1991 |
| Nationality: | German |
| Profession: | Organist |
Helmut Walcha was born in Leipzig, Germany. He was a blind German organist who specialized in the works of the Dutch and German baroque masters and is known for his recordings of the complete organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach. From 1933 to 1938 he taught at the Hoch Conservatory. In 1938 he was appointed professor of organ at the Musikhochschule in Frankfurt and organist of the Dreikönigskirche in 1946. Walcha's completion of the last fugue of The Art of Fugue was also recorded by his former pupil George Ritchie as part of Ritchie's recording of The Art of Fugue, released in 2010.
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