Erna Woll

Erna Woll (23 March 1917 – 7 April 2005) was a German composer, church musician and author.

Biography

Erna Woll was born in St. Ingbert in the Saar. She studied music from 1936 to 1938 at the Evangelisches Kirchenmusikalisches Institut Heidelberg with Wolfgang Fortner and studied composition from 1940 to 1944 with Joseph Haas and Gustav Geierhaas at the Munich Academy of Music. During this time she converted to Catholicism, and from 1946 to 1948 she studied Catholic church music at the Cologne Music Academy with Heinrich Lemacher, Theodor Bernhard Rehmann and Hermann Schroeder.

From 1950 to 1962, Woll worked as an organist in Cologne Bayenthal and a music teacher and choral director at the Church Music Institute in Speyer. From 1962-1969 she was a lecturer, and from 1969 to 1972 she was Honorary Professor at the College of Education at Augsburg. In 1972 she retired from working due to a serious illness, but after recovering she continued to compose. Woll died 7 April 2005 in Augsburg.

Woll

Woll is a village on the Ale Water, off the A7, in the Ettrick Forest, north of Hawick, and south of Selkirk in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland.

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Coordinates: 55°29′23″N 2°50′48″W / 55.4898°N 2.8468°W / 55.4898; -2.8468

Woll (surname)

Woll is a surname. Notable people with the surname include

WOLL

WOLL (105.5 FM, "Kool 105.5") is a radio station broadcasting an adult contemporary format. Licensed to Hobe Sound, Florida, it serves all of the Treasure Coast and the Palm Beaches. Its studios and transmitter are located separately in West Palm Beach.

History

1988 – Signed on as Oldies 94.3 playing the oldies format. Original air personalities were Steve Cody, Skip Kelly, Donnie Pachine, Steve Street, Rock-n-Roll Joel, Patti Stevens, Barry West, Lorna O'Connell, and Lindy Rome.

1993 – Hires J.J. Duling as Program Director and airstaff includes Duling, ex-CKLW personality Art Riley and Lorna O'Connell on mornings, along with Mike Casey, Dave Brewster and Rock-n-Roll Joel.

1998 – Changed frequencies from 94.3 MHz to 105.5 MHz still playing oldies as KOOL 105.5. Line-up consisted of Skip Kelly, Mike Perry, Joe Steel, Russ Riba, and Rock-n-Roll Joel.

2000 – Dropped the oldies format for Adult Contemporary/Greatest Hits.

2002 – Started playing an annual broadcast of Christmas songs from the day after Thanksgiving till New Years Day.

Erna

In Norse mythology according to the Eddic poem Rígsþula, Erna was the mother of eleven sons by Jarl, the ancestors of the class of warriors in Norse society. Her father was Hersir, a tribal chief.

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Erna (disambiguation)

Erna may refer to:

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Erna (moth)

Erna is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.

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