Jan-Jürgen Wasmuth

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Jan-Jürgen Wasmuth (born October 28, 1938 ) is a German composer and church musician in Walsrode .

biography

Jan-Jürgen Wasmuth studied church music and Protestant theology in Herford and Heidelberg . After graduating, he worked as a district cantor in the Oberheidelberg church district and as a teacher for music and religion at the Hebelgymnasium in Schwetzingen , then as a district cantor in the Bramsche church district (Lower Saxony) and as a music and religion teacher at the Greselius grammar school in Bramsche and finally as regional cantor for 12 years Lower Saxony Church Choir Association in the Confederation of Evangelical Churches in Lower Saxony (regional churches in Braunschweig, Hanover, Oldenburg, Schaumburg-Lippe and Reformed Church) and in the Evangelical Church in Bremen .

He directs the vox-humana choir in the bird park region of Walsrode / Südheide. He also held church music seminars in Estonia and Saint Petersburg in his retirement . He was also active in the lecturer training of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hanover .

Works (selection)

  • Singing on the moving earth - 66 canons - Strube-Verlag 1391
  • Singing to be heard - 63 + 3 canons - Strube-Verlag 1944
  • Singing so as not to fall silent - 33 + 33 canons German / Estonian - Strube-Verlag 6454
  • New Christmas carols for parishes and choirs (4-5 choral movements)
  • Intonation canons for songs of the EG
  • New Spiritual Songs - Choral Songs of Our Time
  • Div. Sentences to songs of the EC in editions (Carus) of the Lower. Church Choir Association
  • Singing games for children and instruments
  • Annual solutions set to music 1959–2009 (+ 1938, 1939, 1952 and 2010–2012)
  • 24 canons (Estonian / German)
  • 44 Vanasõnu ja Kõnekääde - 44 Estonian Canon - Proverbs
  • Motets (with German and Estonian texts) for choir and instruments
  • Missa Estonika - Mass for 3-st. Children's choir and organ
  • Psalm settings
  • 2 sacred concerts for 2 sopranos or soprano / alto and Bc in Estonian
  • Choir and instrumental sets for EG songs
  • Solo cantatas
  • Cantatas for choir and wind instruments or other instruments
  • Multi-choir wind music
personal data
SURNAME Wasmuth, Jan-Jürgen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and church musician
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1938