Kurt Frederic Kaiser was an American contemporary church music composer and arranger.
17 Facts About Kurt Kaiser
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Kurt Kaiser was born on December 17,1934, in Chicago, Illinois.
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Kurt Kaiser was the third child born to Elizabeth and Otto Kaiser who were committed Plymouth Brethren.
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Kurt Kaiser's father was born in Rheinland, Germany, and his mother was born in Westfalen, Germany.
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At 15, Kurt Kaiser spent more than a year in Billings, Montana, doing live radio on KGHL.
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Kurt Kaiser met his future bride, Patricia Anderson, during this period and married her in 1956.
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Kurt Kaiser joined Word, Inc in 1959 as Director of Artists and Repertoire, and later became Vice President and Director of Music.
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Kurt Kaiser led innumerable choral workshops, performed concerts, and recorded eighteen solo albums at the piano.
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Kurt Kaiser received a Dove Award for his piano album, Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs on the Sparrow label.
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For over 50 years, Kurt Kaiser influenced modern day church music and helped usher in a new era in American Christian music.
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Kurt Kaiser continued to achieve subtle trend changes by maintaining sensitivity to music already widely accepted by the church, while managing to move into new and unexplored areas that have broadened the realm of worshipful, sacred music.
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Best known for the songs "Pass It On" and "Oh How He Loves You and Me," Kurt Kaiser continued to compose traditional church music.
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In 1999, Kurt Kaiser traveled to Sweden at the request of the US Ambassador to perform with a string quartet and soloist at a gala Christmas gathering of guests and dignitaries at the Museum of History in Stockholm.
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In 1992, Kurt Kaiser was awarded a special Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers for his contributions to the Christian music industry.
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Kurt Kaiser received an Honorary Doctorate in Sacred Music degree from Trinity College in Illinois and an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters degree from Baylor University.
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Kurt Kaiser served as president of the Waco Symphony Association and was a board member for the Christian Music Publishers Association as well as the Gospel Music Association.
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Kurt Kaiser died on November 12,2018, in Waco after struggling with ongoing health problems.