Vierling, Georg (1820–1901)

German organist and conductor. He studied under his father, Jacob Vierling (1796–1867), a schoolmaster and organist, and later at Darmstadt and Berlin. In 1847 he became organist and choral conductor at Frankfurt an der Oder. Later he went to Mainz for a short time and then settled in Berlin, where he became royal music director in 1859 and professor of the Academy in 1882.

Works Vocal cantatas for chorus and orchestra Hero and Leander, The Rape of the Sabines, Alaric's Death and Constantine; O Roma nobilis for unaccompanied chorus; part-songs; songs.

Instrumental symphonies, overtures to Shakespeare's The Tempest, Schiller's Maria Stuart and others; piano trio; piano pieces.