Erhard Quack

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Erhard Quack (born January 4, 1904 in Trippstadt , † December 29, 1983 in Speyer ) was a German hymn poet and composer .

Life

Quack studied music in Mannheim and Karlsruhe until 1935. He had been organist in Schifferstadt since 1931 , and in 1941 he became cathedral music director in Speyer. He was also a teacher at an adult education center and is considered one of the church musicians who decisively shaped German liturgical singing.

Until 1969 he headed the Episcopal Church Music Institute in Speyer , which he founded.

From 1952 to 1957 he was editor and until 1972 editor of the magazine Musik und Altar . He was one of the founders of Universa Laus , an international study group for singing and music. Quack also wrote some songs for the Catholic hymn book Praise God and set numerous congregational verses to music for antiphonal chants that were taken over in Praise of God.

Selection of works

Songs and chants in praise of God (1975 and 2013)

  • Praise be to God in all the world ( Gotteslob (1975) 610, M; text by Maria Luise Thurmair )
  • God, who in his image (GL (1975) 74, M; text after Huub Oosterhuis ; in praise of God with a different melody)
  • God's Lamb, Lord Jesus Christ (GL (1975) 161, TM)
  • Honor you, God in the holy throne (GL (1975) 456, T; melody by Caspar Ulenberg )
  • Holy, holy (GL (1975) 481, GL 193, M; text of the liturgy)
  • Holy is God in glory (GL (1975) 469, GL 199, T; melody by Caspar Ulenberg)
  • Lord have mercy (GL (1975) 453, M)
  • Lord have mercy on us (GL (1975) 454, GL 151 M)
  • Lord, be praised by your servant (GL (1975) 612, M; text by Maria Luise Thurmair)
  • In jubilation, Lord, we lift you up (GL (1975) 611, M; text by Maria Luise Thurmair)
  • Come, Lord Jesus, come to earth (GL (1975) 565, M; text by Georg Thurmair)
  • Lamb of God (GL (1975) 492, M; text of the liturgy)
  • Let us praise, praise joyfully (GL (1975) 637, GL 489, M; text by Georg Thurmair)
  • Praise be to the Lord (GL (1975) 493, text - with Manuel Thomas - and melody)
  • O Savior, Lord of Glory (GL (1975) 515, T; melody by Johann Leisentrit )
  • Be praised, Lord Jesus Christ (GL (1975) 540, M; text by Georg Thurmair)
  • Sing praise our God (GL (1975) 260, M; text by Georg Thurmair )

organ

  • Six preambula, 1949

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ organ-biography.info
  2. ^ History of the Schifferstadt church choir. Church music St. Jakobus Schifferstadt, accessed on March 16, 2016 .

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Quack, Erhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German hymn poet and composer
DATE OF BIRTH 4th January 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Trippstadt
DATE OF DEATH December 29, 1983
Place of death Speyer