Alexander Schreiner

SCHREINER, Christian Alexander Ferdinand. b. Steinbühl, a suburb of Nürnberg (Nuremberg), Bavaria, Germany, 31 July 1901; Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, 15 September 1987.  Schreiner was associated with the Mormon Tabernacle as an organ recitalist for many years and was the Chief Organist from 1965 to 1987. As a member of the General Music Committee of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), he assisted in the preparation of the 1948 LDS hymnal, which includes 10 of his hymn tunes. Although Schreiner was baptized a Lutheran in August 1901, his parents, Johnann Christian Schreiner (1870-1955) and Margarete Schwemmer Schreiner (1874-1927) soon thereafter became Mormons, and they...