Gerhard M. Cartford

Gerhard Malling Cartford (born March 21, 1923 in Fort-Dauphin , Madagascar ; † February 8, 2016 in Minneapolis , Minnesota ) was a church musician in the USA .

Life

Cartford served in the US Army from 1943 to 1946 and participated in World War II . He then studied at St. Olaf College and obtained a bachelor's degree in music in 1948 and a master's degree in church music in New York in 1950 . After a year abroad in Norway , Cartford worked as an organist. From 1961 he taught at Texas Lutheran University in Seguin . In 1974 he moved to the Lutheran Seminary in Saint Paul, Minnesota , where he taught until 1978. In 1977 he became the commissioner for liturgical renewal and church music in Latin America .

Works

In 1978 Cartford worked on the Lutheran Book of Worship , an English-language hymn book for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the USA. He translated many sacred songs from English into Spanish and wrote the melodies for the following songs , among others :

• At last, Lord, your word of promise fulfilling
• Great god, our source ( EG 431 als Gott, our origin )
• Let my prayer rise before as incense
• My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord
• Do senor

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Gerhard Cartford, rest in peace. In: praytellblog.com. Retrieved January 22, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Evangelisches Gesangbuch - Edition for the North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church . 4th revised edition. Lutherische Verlagsgesellschaft, Kiel 2007, ISBN 978-3-87503-099-0 , chap. 957 .
3. ↑ Gerhard M. Cartford> text. In: hymnary.org. Retrieved January 23, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Gerhard M. Cartford> Tunes. In: hymnary.org. Retrieved January 23, 2018 .