Christ singer

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Christ singer
Seat: Germany
Founding: 1970
Resolution: 1976
Genus: mixed choir
Head : Reinhard Henkel
Voices : approx. 25 ( SATB )

The Christ Singers were a choir of Christian music , especially in the style of the New Spiritual Song .

history

The Christ singers emerged from the concert choir The Deutschland Singers, which was put together in 1969 by the youth mission for Christ especially for a USA tour under the direction of Klaus Heizmann and which was disbanded when they returned home . However, a group of fellow singers decided to continue to work together as a choir and thus formed the Christus singers in 1970 under the direction of Reinhard Henkel. Members of the choir were, among others, the later songwriter Manfred Siebald and music producer Johannes Nitsch , so that the Christus singers distinguished themselves from the start with a particularly text-oriented, demanding repertoire. Despite the nationwide distribution of the individual members, the choir community remained until 1976, during this time it met regularly for concerts throughout the German-speaking area, followed invitations to major Christian events such as the first Christival '76 in Essen and thus influenced current developments in the German Christian music scene like the youth choir movement and Christian pop music . The Christussänger released three studio albums and, after their dissolution in 1976, gathered again three times to realize various concept projects by Manfred Siebald under the name "Manfred Siebald and Friends".

Discography

  • I happily draw my street. (Single, 1969)
  • The way to freedom. ( J / Hänssler Music projection , 1971)
  • Because it brings joy. (J / Hänssler Music projection)
  • Spread the word. (Hänssler Music, 1976)

collaboration

  • God has his people everywhere. (Manfred Siebald and Christussänger; Hänssler Music , 1983)
  • Words like bread. Songs for worship. (Manfred Siebald and Christussänger; Hänssler Music, 1994)
  • What the angels are telling us. Christmas songs. (Manfred Siebald and Christussänger; Hänssler Music, 2000)

Guest appearances

Compilations

  • God invites us to his feast. Christival '76. Congress of Young Christians, Essen, Pentecost '76.
  • Christival story. Sound documentation from the Congress of Young Christians, Pentecost '76. ( Mission troop Good News / Aussaat-Verlag , 1976)
  • The young sound. (Hänssler Music, 197?)
  • Jesus is the answer. ( Jonah )
  • Jesus name. (Hänssler Music, episodes 1, 2, 3, 3)
  • Come on, take a deep breath. (Hänssler Music, 1993)
  • Celebrate Jesus, Vol. 1. (Hänssler Music, 1995)
  • Rejoice, the savior is here. (Hänssler Music, 2001)
  • God invites us. Early songs. ( Gerth Medien , 2008; compilation of early works by Manfred Siebald, 1 title by the Christussängern )

Broadcast recordings

The following productions include titles of Christ singers produced by the ERF for radio that have not previously been released on recordings

  • God, how great is your goodness. Songs from four centuries of Christianity and four decades of ERF recording studios. ( ERF-Verlag , 1999; sampler for the 40th anniversary of the ERF, 4 tracks by the Christussänger )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.pro-medienmagazin.de/kultur/musik/detailansicht/aktuell/manfred-siebald-feiert-em65-geburtstagem/
  2. ↑ http://www.ead.de/nachrichten/nachrichten/einzelansicht/article/die-deutsche-evangelische-allianz-trauert-um-johannes-nitsch.html
  3. ↑ http://www.bubmann.com/publikationen/Sound.htm ( Memento from July 31, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  4. ↑ http://www.siebald.org/musik/