Detlev Jöcker

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Detlev Jöcker (2017)

Detlev Jöcker (born October 5, 1951 in Münster ) is a German composer , lyricist and singer of children's songs .

life and work

Detlev Jöcker first studied music in Münster and was a member of Peter Janssens' vocal orchestra from 1975 to 1979 . He discovered the Christian faith on the tour of the musical Ave Eva . He does a lot of concerts and seminars and has been working as a composer and publisher in Münster since 1986 . In 1982 he founded the group Menschenkinder. He played at many church days, gave numerous concerts and organized singing seminars for educators, primary school teachers and parents. In addition to training in pantomime , Jöcker also worked as an actor . a. in the " Kurt Tucholsky Revue" in the Düsseldorfer Kommödchen and in the "Bauernoper" in the Göttinger Schauspielhaus . As a young father he composed the first “learning, play and movement songs” for his youngest son Daniel. With many of his songs like "1,2,3 im Sauseschritt", "Big, red candles", "Greetings, dear Nikolaus", "Das Flummilied" and others. v. a. He is considered the inventor of the self-explanatory movement songs and thus became the musical protagonist of an early musical movement pedagogy that still shapes the everyday life of children today. After losing his first wife early on, he raised two children as a single father.

For more than 13 million records sold , Detlev Jöcker has received nine gold and seven platinum awards from the Federal Association of the Music Industry . As the “ambassador of the German children's song”, he has been traveling through various countries on behalf of the Goethe Institute for several years to promote the German language and culture with his concerts . He has been an ambassador for the Peres Foundation since meeting with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shimon Peres in 2005. Jöcker composed for children's programs such as Tamusiland and radio plays , and his children's songs have been translated into many languages. In addition, he founded the Menschenkinder Verlag in 1987. In the period from 1980 to 2017 Detlev Jöcker published around 500 records and song books on children's and family topics.

For his extraordinary social commitment he received the "Kind Award 2006" from Kinderlachen and in 2011 the Hannelore Kohl Honor Medal. In 2006, Jöcker was honored for his work in the House of History of the Federal Republic of Germany in Bonn, as part of an exhibition on the subject of "Melodies for Millions: The Century of Hit", alongside Udo Jürgens , Caterina Valente and other well-known personalities. He was a member of the ecumenical lyricists and composers group of the Werkgemeinschaft Musik e. V. and the AG Music in the Ev. Youth e. V., today the lyricists and composers group TAKT . His concerts are a hands-on program that uses simple choreographies to encourage large and small viewers to sing, dance and move. Over 800,000 visitors have seen his live concerts so far.

Works (selection)

  • Give courage to the fearful ( German Evangelical Church Congress Hamburg 1981, text: Dieter Frettlöh)
  • Where one trusts the other again (Melodie 1986, EG Württemberg 551)
  • A light rises in the darkness (Melodie 1986, EG Württemberg 555; EG Hessen 557)
  • You gave us your world (Text: Rolf Krenzer )
  • God your good blessing (Melody 2009)

Discography (selection from over 200 titles)

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
My magical Christmas world
  DE 49 
gold
gold
07/12/1998 (4 weeks)
Rejoice, Christmas children
  DE 71 04.12.2000 (4 weeks)
Small candle shines
  DE 71 
gold
gold
12/10/2001 (3 weeks)
Welcome to Tamusiland 2
  DE 91 07/10/2011 (3 weeks)
  • 1983: And they began to be happy (Singspiel to the parable of the prodigal son)
  • 1985: 1,2,3 at the pace
  • 1988: Come on, let's celebrate Christmas
  • 1989: Kinderträumeland
  • 1990: Come on, you little rascal
  • 1991: Small candle shines
  • 1992: Si-Sa singing mouse
  • 1992: I am the little fidget man
  • 1992: Thank you, thank you for the sun (New Religious Songs)
  • 1993: Dear spring, dear summer
  • 1994: We little human beings
  • 1995: The Rainbow Fish (with Marcus Pfister )
  • 1996: Little polar bear, do you know the way
  • 1996: Little Dodo what are you playing?
  • 1997: Greetings, dear Nicholas
  • 1997: The Krabbelmäuse songbook
  • 1998: My magical Christmas world
  • 1999: In the Kribbel-Krabbel-Mouse House
  • 1999: Lantern dance and shine of lights
  • 2001: The songbook to hang around the neck 1 (religious children's songs)
  • 2002: A little beetle goes for a walk
  • 2002: Start English with a Song
  • 2003: I give you ten commandments
  • 2004: Please very much & thank you (value mediation)
  • 2004: Uno, dos, tres- Musica en Espanol (Spanish)
  • 2004: Mile male mule, I go to school
  • 2004: Discover your little world
  • 2005: Professor Superschlau knows that (knowledge songs)
  • 2005: Singing & Moving (CD and DVD)
  • 2006: When penguins waddle
  • 2007: Dear earth, I protect you
  • 2008: Children's slumber country
  • 2008: Halloween (singers: Zoe Rathai, Sonja, Pia Schlatt)
  • 2008: Singing & Moving in the Christmas season
  • 2009: Hold by me, dear God
  • 2009: His most beautiful Christmas carols - classic (with the Duisburg Philharmonic)
  • 2010: The singing dolphin
  • 2010: crawling gnomes
  • 2010: Tamusiland
  • 2011: Detlev Jöckers song quartet: For babies and toddlers
  • 2011: Detlev Jöckers Liederquartett: For the little ones
  • 2011: Detlev Jöckers Tamusiland Tour Live
  • 2011: Welcome to Tamusiland part 2
  • 2012: Detlev Jöckers 40 most beautiful kindergarten songs
  • 2012: Detlev Jöcker's 40 most beautiful religious children's songs
  • 2013: Attention children! Watch out! (Safety in everyday life)
  • 2014: Do you know what happiness is? (Child values)
  • 2014: I stay healthy (prevention)
  • 2015: 40 most beautiful baby and crawling songs
  • 2016: Children in motion
  • 2017: Our Father Hits
  • 2017: Sauseschritt-Pop

See also

Web links

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  1. ↑ https://www.kirche-und-leben.de/artikel/kinderlieder-verbindungen-detlev-joecker-im-portrait/
  2. ↑ https://www.kirche-und-leben.de/artikel/kinderlieder-verbindungen-detlev-joecker-im-portrait/
  3. ↑ Awards: DE
  4. ↑ Chart sources: DE
personal data
SURNAME Jöcker, Detlev
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH 5th October 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Muenster