Evangelische Hochschule für Kirchenmusik Halle

German reformed college

The Evangelische Hochschule für Kirchenmusik Halle (Saale) is a university, specialised in music, in Halle an der Saale.

It was established as the Evangelischen Kirchenmusikschule on 18 April 1926 by the consistory of the Evangelical Church of the Church Province of Saxony in Aschersleben.^[1]

On 29 January 1939, it moved from Aschersleben to Halle, into the building of the Schlesisches Konvikt [de] on Wilhelmstraße, today Emil Abderhalden-Straße.^[1]^[2]

In 1993, the Evangelischen Kirchenmusikschule was granted the status of a university, and renamed. In 2001, it moved to the Händelkarree (Kleine Ulrichstraße 35). The now located in the immediate vicinity of the musicological institute of the University of Halle, the Halle music library and the Handel House.

Directors

1926–1936 Julius Bürger, organist at the St.-Stephani-Kirche, Aschersleben
1936–1939 Bernhard Henking, cantor of Magdeburg Cathedral
1939–1951 Kurt Fiebig
1951–1965 Eberhard Wenzel
1965–1977 Walter Bruhns
1977–1978 Ursula Hermann (provisional management)
1978–1999 Helmut Gleim
2000–2017 Wolfgang Kupke
2017–present Peter Kopp

References

^ ^a ^b "Hochschule Kirchenmusik". Halle (Saale) - Händelstadt. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
^ "Evangelische Hochschule für Kirchenmusik". halle365.de (in German).