Emil Kübler

Emil Kübler (born April 16, 1909 in Honau, today part of the municipality of Lichtenstein (Württemberg) ; † May 8, 1981 in Boll ) was a German church musician .

Kübler was born the son of a pastor. He studied piano and organ in Stuttgart . During his military service in World War II, he lost his right arm in Russia. After the war he began to study church music . After graduating, he was district cantor in the Fildern . He became known as the Filderkantor primarily for his sauerkraut cantata . He also appeared as a lyric poet, for example writing most of the poems in the cycle Night over White Hills , which he set to music in 1943.

In Leinfelden the Emil-Kübler-Weg and in the Leinfelden-Echterdingen district of Musberg the Emil-Kübler-Kinderhaus were named after the composer.

literature

• From the life of the "Krautkantor" . Source publisher 1979.

Works

Editing of the following songs:

• Every morning is fresh and new
• The Lord will bring to light
• The golden sun
• The snow cantata
• You, my soul, sing
• Encourage yourself, my weak spirit
• Go out, my heart, and seek Freud
• I know what I believe in
• In peace yours, my lord
• Praise God confidently with singing
• Praise the Lord, O my soul
• Confidently praise God with singing
• With pleasure tender to this ride
• Now one sleeps
• O Holy Spirit, O Holy Spirit
• Praise, praise and thanks be to God the Lord
• Sauerkraut cantate
• Praise and honor the highest good
• Sing the lord a new song
• Sing new songs to Jehovah
• Faithful Guardian Israel
• Faithful Guardian Israel
• When someone is fighting too
• How lovely is May
• We all want to be happy

Audio documents

• Swabian sauerkraut cantata . Vinyl record. Choir of the Volkshochschule Stuttgart with the Filderkantorei.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.carus-verlag.com , accessed on October 4, 2009
2. ↑ www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de , accessed on March 19, 2014

Web links

• Works by and about Emil Kübler in the catalog of the German National Library