Background
He was born in Tönning and died in Bad Oeynhausen.
composer conductor music educator university professor choir director
He was born in Tönning and died in Bad Oeynhausen.
From 1939 to 1945 he was in Frankfurt director of the Musisches Gymnasium (High school with main courses in music). Among his students were choral conductors Heinz Hennig and Hans-Joachim Rotzsch, composers Alfred Koerppen, Wolfgang Pasquay, Wolfgang Schoor, Siegfried Strohbach, Paul Kuhn, and organist Michael Schneider. Thomas was the Thomaskantor, the cantor of the Thomanerchor, from 1957 to 1960.