Weinrich, Carl
Weinrich, Carl
Weinrich, Carl, eminent American organist and teacher; b. Paterson, N.J., July 2,1904; d. Princeton, N.J., May 13,1991. After graduation from N.Y.U. (B.A., 1927), he studied at the Curtis Inst. of Music in Philadelphia (1927-30); also studied organ privately with Farnam and Dupré, and piano with Chasins. In 1930 he became the successor of Farnam as organist at the Holy Communion Church in N.Y. He taught at Westminster Choir Coll. in Princeton, N.J. (1934-40), Wellesley Coll. (1936-46), and at Columbia Univ. (1942-52); also was director of music at Princeton Univ. Chapel (1943-73). Weinrich toured extensively as a recitalist.
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