Reinhard Schwarz-Schilling was a German composer, musician, conductor, pianist, organist, and music teacher. He was born in Hanover on May 9, 1904, the son of a chemical entrepreneur.
He studied music in Munich and Italy from 1922, then in Cologne from 1925. His teachers included Walter Braunfels, Philipp Jarnach in piano, and Heinrich Böll in organ. From 1927 to 1929, he studied with Heinrich Kaminski.
From 1938, Schwarz-Schilling taught at the Berlin Academy of Music. Among his best-known students was Isang Yun. A devout Catholic, he wrote mainly religious music in the style of Johann Sebastian Bach and was strongly influenced by Kaminski. His works also include orchestral, chamber, organ, and vocal music. His best-known work is the cantata The Message.