MENDELSSOHN, ARNOLD

(26 December 1855, Racibórz, Poland – 19 February 1933, Darmstadt)

Organistwho promoted the revival ofLutheransacred music, particularly that ofHeinrich SchützandJohann Sebastian Bach, and composed aGerman massfor eight voices, 14 Germanmotetsfor the liturgical year, and somecantatas.