Max Drischner

Max Drischner (31 January 1891 – 25 April 1971) was a German composer, Kantor, organist, and harpsichordist. Life and work Max Drischner was born in Prieborn (now Przeworno), Silesia. After completing his A-levels at the grammar school in Züllichau, he started theological studies in 1910 at Leipzig and Breslau. However, after seven semesters, he gave this up to study the organ, piano, and harpsichord at the Berlin Music Academy. A teacher in his principal subject, Wanda Landowska, had a major influence on him. Between 1916 and the end of the First World War, he was a voluntary medical orderly in France. During this time, he lost the top of a finger on his left hand. After the war, through self-teaching, he acquired an extensive knowledge of music before the Bach period. He gave his first harpsichord concerts in Breslau in 1920 and in Brieg in 1923. In Brieg, he was trained by Paul Hielscher in organ playing and choir leading. In 1923, he founded a youth choir that was later united with the choir from St. Nikolai in Brieg. In 1924, he was appointed as cantor and organist of St. Nikolai in Brieg. During his tenure in Brieg, he composed the majority of his organ and vocal works. He al