Detlev Block

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Detlev Block (born May 15, 1934 in Hanover ) is a retired German Protestant pastor , professor ( hc ), writer , poet and hymn poet .

Life

Detlev Block was pastor in St. Andreasberg in the Upper Harz and Hameln and from 1967 to 1998 pastor at the town church in Bad Pyrmont , where he lives after his retirement.

Detlev Block has published over 80 books and is represented in more than 300 anthologies and compilations with song texts, sacred poetry, prose and meditations. In addition, he became known through numerous articles and lectures as a committed mediator of astronomical expertise, in 1982 his work Astronomy as a Hobby was published .

He is a member of the Association of German Writers and the Society for Contemporary Poetry . On September 19, 1999 he was introduced as the successor in will of Rudolf Otto Wiemer (1905-1998) in the Bovenden area near Göttingen as Burgschreiber zu Plesse (honorary title for life).

Works (selection)

Books

  • Taken under your protection. Holy songs. (70 poems and lyrics) Ehrenfried Klotz Verlag in the publishing house Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. Göttingen 1978, ISBN 3-525-59247-7 .
  • You will find. Contemporary poems and songs for Advent, Christmas and the New Year 1982, ISBN 3525633475 .
  • Astronomy as a hobby. 1982, ISBN 3-8068-0572-5 ; Revised Edition 2005, ISBN 3-8094-1543-X
  • Say yes to you Cologne 1984.
  • Backland. Collected poems. Stuttgart 1985.
  • When is our mouth full of laughter? Biblical chants for the church. Stuttgart 1986.
  • That I praise him with suffering. Jochen Klepper - Life and Work. 2nd edition, Lahr 1993, ISBN 3501011318 .
  • Earth, take a deep breath. Holy songs. 2001, ISBN 3525593562 .
  • The big, colorful children's Bible. Loewe 2001, ISBN 3-7855-3965-7 .

Songs in the Evangelical Hymnal

  • Today dear Christianity sings (143; based on older models)
  • God who created all life (211)
  • Comes with gifts and hymns (229; after Frederik Herman Kaan )
  • We celebrate your ascension (regional)
  • God, our feast day has come (regional)
  • What did it start with? (Regional)
  • The earth you made was good (regional)
  • I wish one thing above all else (regional, based on an older model by Albert Knapp )
  • The evening after the hymn of praise (regional)
  • My creator, stand by me (regional, based on an older model by Johann Jakob Rambach )
  • My heart and mind lift you up (Regional)
  • Lord, when the water threatens us (regional, based on an older model by Christian von Stöcken )
  • Now stands in foliage and blossom (regional)
  • Build your empire during this time (regional)
  • Lord, you like to be with many (regional)
  • God we praise your miracles (Regional)
  • You called us, Lord, to be yours (Regional)
  • Lord let's live for one another (Regional)
  • The night is here. I'm looking for you near you (regional; RG 4)

Poems set to music

  • Evening prayer. (Song) melody: Herbert Beuerle .
  • Sacrament prayer. (Lied) Melody: Elke Platzer 1979.
  • Eighty - now me too. (Lied) Melody: Siegfried Fietz 2013.
  • Christe Kyrie. (Song) Melody: Bodo Hoppe 1977.
  • Celestial science. (Lied) Melody: Fritz Baltruweit 1979.
  • Celestial Science - The sky shines high and far. (SATB choral setting), melody and setting: Jan-Jürgen Wasmuth 2008.
  • Song after the sacrament. (Song) Melody: Elke Platzer 1976.
  • The cross stands firmly and symbolically in the heart. (Lied) Melody: Jan-Jürgen Wasmuth 1999.
  • The good shepherd. (Choral setting SATB) Melody, setting and accompanying voice: Ludger Stühlmeyer 2015.
  • Open up (Choral setting SATB) Melody, setting and accompanying voice: Ludger Stühlmeyer 2015.
  • Magnificat. (Choral setting SATB) Melody and setting: Hans Krampen 1998.
  • May your soul shine. (Lied) Melody: Siegfried Fietz 2003.
  • Night of nights. (SATB choral setting): Otto Kaufmann 2000.
  • Now what we do and don't take revenge. (Lied) Melody and accompanying voice: Jan-Jürgen Wasmuth 2008.
  • Nunc dimittis. (Choral setting SATB) Melody and setting: Hans Krampen 1998.
  • Now there is foliage and blossom. (Choral setting SATB) Set: Norbert Drechsler 1993/2012.
  • Passion Song - That We Are Freely Saved. (Lied) Melody: Jan-Jürgen Wassmuth 2010.
  • Passion Song - Before the cross I stand frightened. (Lied) Melody: Jan-Jürgen Wasmuth 2010.
  • When is our mouth full of laughter? (Lied) Melody: Elke Platzer 1982.
  • What did it start with? (Lied) Melody: Fritz Baltruweit 1979, Gotthart Schneider 1980.

literature

  • Lower Saxony literary - 100 author portraits . Wirtschaftsverlag NW, Bremerhaven 1981, ISBN 3-88314-164-X .
  • Carl Heinz Kurz (ed.): A handful of words - the poet Detlev Block . Verlag Graphikum Dr. Mock, Göttingen 1987, ISBN 3-88996-116-9 .
  • Kurt Morawietz (Ed.): One white day I'll know why. For Detlev Block's 60th birthday . Strube Verlag, Munich / Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-921946-15-2 .
  • Dietrich Meyer (Hrsg.): The new song in the Protestant hymn book. Song poets and composers report . Archive of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland. Düsseldorf, 2nd edition 1997, ISBN 3-930250-17-9 .
  • Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 1998 . Verlag KG Saur, Munich / Leipzig 1999, ISBN 3-598-23581-X
  • Who is who? The German WHO'S WHO 1999/2000. Verlagshaus Schmidt-Römhild, Lübeck 1999, ISBN 3-7950-2026-3 .
  • German Writer's Lexicon, a who's who of German-language literature . Published by the Association of German Writers BDS eV
  • Siegward Kunath: Evening star and morning star are one and the same. Festschrift for the 80th birthday. Verlag Edition Strube Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-89912-179-7 .

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personal data
SURNAME Block, Detlev
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Protestant pastor, professor (hc) and writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover