Muzyka organowa Ruth Zechlin (1926–2007)

The title of this work is Ruth Zechlin’s organ music. The aim of this paper is to present the biography of the German composer and her achievements in the field of organ composition. Ruth Zechlin was born in 1926, she studied composition with J. N. David, K. Straube and G. Ramin at the Music Academy in Leipzig. Then she worked as a music teacher and gave many concerts as harpsichordist and organist. She created music that has attributes of modern, but is inspired by the music of J. S. Bach. Among over 300 sacred and secular pieces, 26 are written for organ. The intention of the author was to give a rise to begin scientific research on life and works of Ruth Zechlin.