Claim: German choral conductor Fritz Werner (1898-1977), with compositions of more than 50 opus-numbers, became an organist in 1935 before becoming a music director at Radio Paris in 1939 and founding the Heinrich-Schütz-Chor Heilbronn in 1947.
Evidence: Fritz Werner (15 December 1898 – 22 December 1977) was a German choral conductor, church music director, conductor, organist and composer. 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. 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. Fritz Werner founded the Heinrich-Schütz-Chor Heilbronn in 1947 and conducted it until 1973.