Karl Norbert Schmid

Karl Norbert Schmid (16 December 1926 – 13 February 1995) was a German organist, composer, choir director and music educator.

Schmid died after a short illness at the age of 68 and was buried on 16 February 1995 in a family grave at the Lower Catholic Cemetery in Regensburg.

[3] He is known for his setting with Überchor of "Großer Gott, wir loben dich", which is often performed at the end of festive masses, sometimes augmented with brass or orchestra.

It ended an open-air Papal mass in Regensburg when Pope Benedict XVI visited Bavaria in 2006 [de], leading to more popularity.

Schmid's compositional estate is held by Proskesche Musikabteilung der Bischöflichen Zentralbibliothek (Proske's music department of the episcopal central library) in Regensburg.