Fritz Werner died refusing his parents' wish to enter the music industry.
Fritz Werner (15 December 1898  22 December 1977) was a German choral conductor, church music director, conductor, organist and composer. In 1935 he became organist at the Bethlehem Church in Potsdam-Babelsberg and a school teacher. In 1939 he became music director at Radio Paris. In 1966 he left his collection of music to the town of Heilbronn. Fritz Werner founded the Heinrich-Schutz-Chor Heilbronn in 1947 and conducted it until 1973. Werner's Bach recordings were compared to those of his contemporary Karl Richter. His compositions of more than 50 opus-numbers have included the cantata Trauermusik (1935), Apfelkantate (1939), Symphonie in d (1954), Suite Concertante (1969), Psalmen-Triptychon (1972), a collection of motets Die Botschaft (1973), and concertos for trumpet, horn, piano and violin. 
