Gnadauer string service

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The Gnadauer Saitenspieldienst (GSD) is a work of the Evangelical Gnadau Community Association and consists of choir singers and orchestras of various plucked and stringed instruments, from mandolin to guitar to violin.

history

The tradition of the Gnadau string playing service goes back to the 1920s , when so-called "lute choirs" were formed throughout Germany within the Protestant community movement . This movement survived the world wars, even though work had to be restarted many times after the Second World War . In the 1960s, a full-time music teacher was appointed to the work for the first time. With the integration of mixed choirs and string instruments into the string playing work, Johannes Seifert was responsible for the form of music work that still exists today. The mandolin and lute choirs were gradually expanded to include guitars and string instruments and the movement continued to grow into an important part of the community associations in the former GDR. Finally, in 1993, the individual string choirs were merged into the Gnadauer Saitenspieldienst association .

The string playing services consist of plucked instruments ( guitar , mandolin , mandola , partly zither ) and string instruments ( violin , viola , cello , double bass ) as well as a choir of singers. Guest instruments such as trumpet and flute also join in from time to time.

Discography

  • Lord, your kindness goes so far (Direction: Johannes Seifer; Hänssler Music , 1992)
  • So is God (direction: Johannes Götze, Eberhard Klenke, Michael Wittig; Hänssler Music , 1995)
  • A new sound (conductor: Michael Wittig; Hänssler Music , 1999)
  • We want to be happy: Advent and Christmas music. (Direction: Michael Wittig, Darius Rossol Hänssler Music , 2002)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ History of the Gnadauer Saitenspieldienst in the CD booklet of his album So ist Gott , Hänssler Music, 1995