Hans Puls (musicologist)

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Hans Puls (born November 20, 1914 in Strasbourg , † February 21, 1992 in Neunkirchen (Saar) ) was a German musicologist , philosophy and language teacher and hymn composer.

Life

Hans Puls grew up in the Alsatian municipality of Ingwiller , where he was influenced by two serious accidents in early childhood and the early, sudden death of his mother. Due to the accidents, his school days were extended, which he finished in 1942 with the Abitur in Bouxwiller .

From 1942 to 1944, Puls studied French , philosophy and musicology at the universities of Freiburg and Frankfurt am Main .

After the war , Hans Puls resumed his studies in Aix-en-Provence in 1947 and acquired the license d'enseignement (teaching permit) in 1949 .

From 1950 Puls taught at the State Evangelical Teachers' Seminar in Ottweiler and at the same time continued his studies at the Saarland University in Saarbrücken .

In 1956 he received his doctorate in musicology on the conception of music by the French romantics, presented to Lamartine and Victor Hugo . In 1956/58 Puls graduated from higher education in French and philosophy and from 1957 taught at the Saarland University of Education in Saarbrücken.

Act

In Ottweiler, Hans Puls came into contact with questions raised by young people about the church, church structures and sacred songs . He found answers in the 1960s with the creation of new sacred songs with modern rhythms. His jazz services enlivened young people's commitment to the church, and his songs were also very well received at church days (Dortmund 1962, Cologne 1964). In the 1980s he created numerous melodies and movements for texts by Fritz Roos .

Hymn

In 1962 Hans Puls created the melody for Help, Lord of My Life with the text by Gustav Lohmann and Markus Jenny . This song found its way into the Evangelical Hymnbook (No. 419) and the Catholic Praise for God (No. 622).

Honor

In 1988 Hans Puls received the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon for his exemplary church commitment.

See also

literature

  • Udo-R. Folkert: Art. Puls, Hans , in: Composers and song writers of the Evangelical Hymnal , ed. v. Wolfgang Herbst (= Handbook for the Evangelical Hymnal, Vol. 2). Göttingen 1999, ISBN 3-525-50318-0 .
personal data
SURNAME Pulse, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musicologist, philosophy and language teacher as well as a hymn composer
DATE OF BIRTH November 20, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Strasbourg
DATE OF DEATH February 21, 1992
Place of death Neunkirchen (Saar)