Paul Walde (6 February 1876 – after 1926) was a German

organist An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ (music), organ. An organist may play organ repertoire, solo organ works, play with an musical ensemble, ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumentalist, instrumental ...

choral director Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance, such as an orchestral or choral concert. It has been defined as "the art of directing the simultaneous performance of several players or singers by the use of gesture." The primary duties ...

and composer.

Life

Walde was born in Dresden in 1876 as the son of Jakob W. Zimmermann (1850–1896) and Agnes Schneider (1849–1927). After attending the citizen's school in his hometown, he studied music at the Königliches Konservatorium Dresden from 1897 to 1900. Among his teachers were

Emil Robert Höpner Emil Robert Höpner (4 July 1846 – 20 December 1903) was a German organist and music educator. Life and career Born in Dresden, Höpner was Royal Saxon Music Director and organist at the Dresden Frauenkirche from 1872 to 1885. He was unanimo ...

in organ, Carl Heinrich Döring in piano and Wilhelm Rischbieter in

music theory Music theory is the study of theoretical frameworks for understanding the practices and possibilities of music. ''The Oxford Companion to Music'' describes three interrelated uses of the term "music theory": The first is the "Elements of music, ...

. From 1900, he worked as organist and choral conductor at the , where he devoted himself in particular to

Gregorian chant Gregorian chant is the central tradition of Western plainsong, plainchant, a form of monophony, monophonic, unaccompanied sacred song in Latin (and occasionally Greek language, Greek) of the Roman Catholic Church. Gregorian chant developed main ...

. He advocated the extension of the harmony system to include

chromaticism Chromaticism is a compositional technique interspersing the primary diatonic scale, diatonic pitch (music), pitches and chord (music), chords with other pitches of the chromatic scale. In simple terms, within each octave, diatonic music uses o ...

. In 1914, he was the founding director of his own music school, the "Dresdner Lehranstalt für Musik". In 1922, he became organist at the

Katholische Hofkirche Dresden Cathedral, or the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Dresden, previously the Catholic Church of the Royal Court of Saxony, called in German ''Katholische Hofkirche'' and since 1980 also known as ''Kathedrale Sanctissimae Trinitatis'', is the ...

. Walde also conducted the Dresden Cäcilienchor. He also composed organ and piano pieces as well as Lieder (such as the Lied for one singing voice ''Freundschaft''). He was a member of the Tonkünstlerverein Dresden, the Verband Sächsischer Musikschuldirektoren, the

Deutscher Tonkünstlerverband The Deutscher Tonkünstlerverband is the oldest and largest professional association for musicians in Germany. The umbrella organization with headquarters in Munich and a branch office in Passau is the professional representative for all music prof ...

and the Verband katholischer Kirchenbeamten. Walde, a Catholic, was married to Barbara Ponath (born 1881) from 1926.

Publications

* ''Die Harmonie der Neuzeit. Neue Grundsätze für die Erweiterung und technische Bezeichnung der Diatonik und Chromatik''. Printed as manuscript. Dresden 1910.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Walde, Paul German classical organists German composers Sacred music composers German conductors (music) German music educators 1876 births Musicians from Dresden Year of death missing

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