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There are several artists with this name: 1. a German organist and composer, 2. a Czech singer and composer.
1) Walter Kraft (Cologne, 9 June 1905 - Amsterdam, 9 May 1977) was a German organist and composer, best known for his remarkably long tenure (almost half a century, 1926-1972) at the Marienkirche, Lübeck.
During this tenure, Kraft, who had been a student of Paul Hindemith in Berlin, revived the practice of evening concerts of sacred works. Such concerts, collectively called Abendmusik, had been regularly…
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