Erhard Egidi | |
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Born | Rheinsberg, Germany | 23 April 1929
Died | 8 September 2014 Hannover, Germany | (aged 85)
Education | Spandauer Kirchenmusikschule |
Occupation | Kantor |
Years active | 1954 | –1991
Erhard Egidi (23 April 1929 – 8 September 2014) was a German cantor, organist and composer of sacred music. He was Kantor at the Neustädter Kirche, Hannover, from 1972 to 1991, where he focused on music in church services, but also conducted concerts, with a preference for works of Johann Sebastian Bach and his own teacher Ernst Pepping. He was appointed Kirchenmusikdirektor (church music director), responsible for the church music of Hanover.