Herbert Beuerle

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Herbert Beuerle (* 28. April 1911 in Dusseldorf , † 13. February 1994 in Gelnhausen ) was a German church music - composer and hymns - poet .

Herbert Beuerle, 1985

Life

He studied church music in Berlin with Gerhard Schwarz , Gottfried Grote , Hugo Distler and Ernst Pepping and then worked there as a cantor. After being a Soviet prisoner of war from 1945 to 1949 he was cantor in Dassel , from 1952 to retirement cantor and music editor in Burckhardthaus Gelnhausen, and from 1949 Singwart in the Christian Singers Association . He wrote many songs and canons of the genre New Spiritual Song and was a member of the ecumenical lyricists and composers group of the Werkgemeinschaft Musik e. V. and the AG Music in the Ev. Youth e. V., today the lyricists and composers group TAKT .

Herbert Beuerle's melodies can be found in the Protestant hymn book and in the Catholic praise of God , but also in free church worship books, for example in the hymn book of the Evangelical Methodist Church from 2002.

His son was the musician Hans Michael Beuerle .

Major works

  • All good gifts (1950)
  • Honor to God alone on high (Canon) / Soli deo gloria (1975)
  • This is the day the lord made: morning and noon (1959)
  • Lord, your goodness reaches as far as the sky is (your righteousness is like the mountains) (1965)
  • Kyrie, kyrie, kyrie eleison (canon) (melody, 1952)
  • Praise the Lord all who honor him (Canon) (Melodie, 1967) EG 448
  • We're meant to die in the middle of life (Melodie, 1970)
  • We are invited to the meal (Melodie, 1968)
  • Where is the water that turns to wine? (Melody)
  • Four little pieces for violin and piano Strube-Verlag (1996)
  • Christ is sent by God Verlag Singende Gemeinde (1996)
  • Guitar book for the Evangelical Hymnal / 1 & 2, (1995)
  • Easter Music Publishing House Singing Congregation (1994)
  • Thank the Lord with joyful courage Christian Singers Association of Switzerland (1994)
  • I hoped in you, Herr Strube-Verlag (1993)
  • Jesus, my joy Strube-Verlag (1993)
  • Two suites for wind instruments and percussion. For 4st wind choir, rod plays etc. Percussion instruments. Merseburg publishing house

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personal data
SURNAME Beuerle, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German church music composer
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf
DATE OF DEATH February 13, 1994
Place of death Gelnhausen