14 Facts About Ernst Pepping

Ernst Pepping was a German composer of classical music and academic teacher.

Ernst Pepping is regarded as an important composer of Protestant sacred music in the 20th century.

Ernst Pepping's music includes works for instruments, the church, and collections including the and the three volume, which provides pieces for the entire liturgical year.

Ernst Pepping received the composition award of the Mendelssohn Foundation.

In 1934, Pepping accepted a position as teacher of harmony, sight-reading and counterpoint at the of the Protestant Johannesstift Berlin in Spandau, where he lived until his death.

Ernst Pepping taught at the from 1935 to 1938 as a professor of church music and composition.

Ernst Pepping had ties to the Confessing Church and wrote a great deal of music on German texts.

Ernst Pepping taught again at the Berliner Hochschule from 1947 to 1968.

Ernst Pepping is regarded as one of the most important composers of Protestant church music in the 20th century.

Ernst Pepping composed secular vocal music, organ music, orchestral works including three symphonies, and chamber music.

Ernst Pepping based his church music on Protestant hymns, the vocal polyphony of the 16th and 17th century and modal keys.

Ernst Pepping composed no more church music until 1948, when he wrote the, possibly as a "personal plea".

Ernst Pepping received honorary doctorates from the Free University of Berlin and the Kirchliche Hochschule Berlin.

Ernst Pepping was a member of the Academy of Arts, Berlin, and the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts, Munich.