Hugo Distler
Biography
| 1908 | Born in Nuremberg on the 24th of June |
| 1927 | Student at the Landeskonservatorium in Leipzig: piano with Carl Adolf Martienssen, harmony with Hermann Grabner, organ with cantor Günther Ramin of the Thomaskirche |
| 1931 | Interruption of studies organist and cantor at St. Jakobi in Lübeck Worked with Axel Kühl and choir director Bruno Grusnick |
| 1933 | Première of the “Choralpassion” op. 7 in Berlin |
| 1936 | Première of the “Harpsichord Concerto” op. 14 in Hamburg with Hugo Distler as soloist |
| 1937 | University lecturer at the Württembergische Hochschule für Musik in Stuttgart in music theory, musical form and choral conducting Director of the Hochschule choir and Hochschule chapel choir |
| 1939 | Première of the “Mörike-Chorliederbuch” at the “Festival of German Choral Music” in Graz |
| 1940 | Summoned as Professor of choral conducting, harmony, composition and organ at the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin |
| 1941 | Appointment as Director of the Berlin Hochschule choir |
| 1942 | Appointment as Director of the Berlin National and Cathedral Choir |
| 1942 | Died in Berlin on the 1st of November |