Hodes, Karlheinrich (Karl Heinrich) jan.1924- Germany, ?Lindlar near Koln
organist, cantor, choral conductor, 1933 choirboy in the Kolner Domchor, studied at the Rheinischen Musikschule in Koln and the Hochschule fur Musik in Munich, 1.apr.1943 appointed at the Dom in Koln, 1947 teacher at the Robert Schumann Konservatorium Dusseldorf, 1955-1978 church musician of St Quirinus-Munster in Neuss, 1972 teacher at the Robert Schumann Institute/Musikhochschule in Dusseldorf, 1975 as honorary professor of Gregorian chant, 1978-1987 church musician in the Archdiocese of Koln, 1987 in Rome he was made Knight of the Pontifical Order of St Gregory, January 2004 in Koln he celebrated his 80th birthday, after his retirement in 1988 until 2012 still active as organist of the Munsterorgel and conductor of the Munsterchor in Neuss Dusseldorf