Amadeus Webersinke

Amadeus Webersinke (1920-11-01, Jägersdorf, Nordböhmen - 2005-05-15, Dresden) was a German pianist and organist.

He studied from 1938 to 1940 at the Institut für Kirchenmusik in Leipzig with Karl Straube, Johann Nepomuk David, and Otto Weinreich. He was a lecturer from 1946 and a professor from 1953 for piano at the Felix Mendelssohn College of Music and Theatre. Until 1953 he worked mainly as an organist, and then after only as a pianist.

Amadeus Webersinke was particularly devoted to Bach's organ and piano works and also gave concerts on the clavichord. He recorded Reger's Piano Concerto. 1966, he assumed a professorship at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden.

His grave is located in the Maria am Wasser cemetery in Dresden-Hosterwitz.

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* [http://www.knerger.de/Die_Personen/musiker_34/musiker_35/musiker_36/musiker_37/musiker_38/musiker_39/musiker_40/musiker_41/musiker_42/musiker_43/musiker_44/musiker_45/musiker_46/musiker_47/bachfriemusiker_47.html knerger.de - his grave]
* [http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Webersinke-Amadeus.htm Bach-cantatas.com - Amadeus Webersinke]