Otto Dienel (1839-1905) took organ lessons from his father.
He attended the Berlin Academy of the arts and the Royal Institute for church music, where he studied organ, violin, singing, choral conducting and composition with August Wilhelm Bach, Eduard Grell and Wilhelm Taubert.
In 1865 he was appointed organist at the Church of St. St. Bartholomew in Berlin-Friedrichshain and later of the Church of the Holy Cross Church in Berlin-Kreuzberg. He was honored with the silver medal of the Royal Academy of Arts in 1869, and succeeded his teacher, Bach as organist at St. Mary's Church in Berlin the same year.
He remained here until his death, and was appointed Music Director there in 1881.
.He was regarded as a proven expert in the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and outstanding improviser on the organ.
00:00: 01 Ach bleib mit deiner Gnade
01:12: 02 Allein Gott in der Hoh sei Ehr
02:28: 03 Alle Menschen Mussen sterben
03:58: 04 Aus tiefer Not ...
06:10: 05 Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott
I uploaded his complete Preludes a few years ago on the Walcker-Eule and had quite forgotten about them.
The Riepp Dreifaltgkeitsorgel is also VERY much able to handle this thoroughly romantic music.
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