Hans Sandig was a conductor and composer known for work in children's music. Sandig studied musicology, psychology, and composition, earning a doctorate in 1938. In 1948, Sandig became the music consultant at Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, where he founded the Rundfunk-Kinderchor Leipzig, which Sandig led until death. Under Sandig's direction, the choir performed works such as “Sind die Lichter angezündet”, a Christmas carol based on Erika Engel-Wojahn's poem “Weihnachtsfreude”. Sandig also directed the Radio-DDR-Jugendchor and composed numerous children's songs, including those featured on albums like Besuch im Zoo: Eine heitere Tierliederfolge für Kindersolostimmen, Sprecher, ein- bis dreistimmigen Kinderchor und Instrumente (1964) and Die Abenteuer der kleinen Trompete: Eine klingende Instrumentenkunde f. Kinder (1964). Sandig passed away on September 23, 1989.
