Die „Leipziger schule”. Zur geschichte der kirchenmusik Im 20. jahrhundert
The “Leipzig School”. On the history of church music in the 20th century

Summary/Abstract: The Institute for Church Music at the Leipzig Conservatory was founded in 1921 on Karl Straube's initiative. Together with his master student Günther Ramin, he designed the church music in St. Thomas for many years. After the end of the First World War, the Bach movement became of central importance for Protestantism, especially since Leipzig profiled itself as a pioneering center and formed a “Leipzig School” with the “Straube-Ramin era”. Although Straube and Ramin did not compose themselves, their work at the Leipzig Conservatory of Music was particularly important for the formation of the “Leipzig School” as a renewal movement for Protestant church music. The article analyzes the fate of these efforts and their protagonists during the catastrophic economic circumstances and the growing National Socialism.

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