Shepherds Watch Their Flock

Author: Wolfgang Bottenberg

Wolfgang (Heinz Otto) Bottenberg. Composer, teacher, b Frankfurt-am-Main 9 May 1930, naturalized Canadian 1964; B MUS (Alberta) 1961, M MUS (Cincinnati) 1962, DMA composition (Cincinnati) 1970. He trained as a carpenter before entering the Jesuit order in 1952. Self-taught in the rudiments of theory and organ, he did not study music formally until 1958. He graduated in 1957 from the Theologische Hochschule Vallendar, and moved to Canada in 1958. He produced a number of chamber works while attending the University of Alberta and the University of Cincinnati. He taught 1963-5 in Alberta and British Columbia schools and 1965-73 at Acadia University, Wolfville, NS. He joined the music teaching staff of Concordia University, Montreal, in 1973 an… Go to person page >