Friedrich Walz (pastor)

Friedrich Walz (born October 16, 1932 in Schillingsfürst ; died September 27, 1984 there ) was a German Protestant pastor and hymn poet .

Life

In 1959 Walz was vicar in Traunstein with a focus on religious instruction and from 1963 pastor and member of the youth service team in Nuremberg. From 1973 he was a student pastor in Erlangen, and later radio and television commissioner in Munich. He was musically trained and the founder and leader of various choirs. In 1983 he was diagnosed with a brain tumor from which he died shortly before the age of 52 the following year.

Songs

Friedrich Walz composed a number of songs and translated them from foreign languages. The following were included in the Evangelical Hymnal :

• See the good time is near (EG 18)
• Look, he's alone in the garden (EG 95)
• Come on, tell everyone about it (EG 225)
• Hear who Jesus praises happy (EG Rheinland-Westfalen-Lippe and Reformed)
• Come on, we'll share the bread at the Lord's table (EG Bayern-Thüringen and Austria)
• Sing now everyone, sing with us (EG Bayern-Thüringen)

Publications

• The whole world was happy. A Christmas book with 24 songs from all over the world . Erlangen 1980, ISBN 3-87214-115-5 (international Christmas melodies with German texts by Friedrich Walz).
• Life is the way. Thoughts for time and eternity . Posthumously published by Helmut Winter, Munich 1985, several new editions, ISBN 3-532-62038-3 .

Web links

• Biographical memories of Klaus Loscher

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Friedrich Walz in the chapter Supplements for Song Studies in the Evangelical Hymnal
2. ↑ ^{a b} Loscher
3. ↑ In the Evangelical Hymn book, the author's statement is "T and M Friedrich Walz 1972 based on a Christmas carol from Moravia". In fact, Walz took over the melody from Svatou dobu již tu máme unchanged and only added two simple hallelujah calls as ostinato ad libitum .