Johannes Jourdan

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Johannes Gottlob Ludwig Jourdan (born May 10, 1923 in Kassel ; † January 25, 2020 in Darmstadt ) was a German Protestant theologian , writer and song poet.

Life

Jourdan was born as the second child of Mathilde and Gottlob Jourdan on Ascension Day 1923. Of his four brothers, the second youngest died of the effects of the smallpox vaccination. Jourdan was the parish priest in Darmstadt from 1952 to 1986 . He has worked as a songwriter with a large number of composers, mainly in the Christian area. Klaus Heizmann , Siegfried Fietz , Dieter Falk , Berthold Engel, Hans-Martin Sauter, Bernd Arhelger, Florian Sitzmann , Horst Gehann , Hella Heizmann , Walter Scharf , Winfried Siegler, David Plüss Hans-Joachim Reh should be named here as representatives. His texts were also set to music by Wilhelm Rettich and Alexander Radvilovich and interpreted by Ivan Rebroff . With the Russian vocal ensemble “Anima” the “St. Petersburg Oratorio ”and a Christmas carol to melodies by Jourdan.

With the text You call us, Lord, at your table from 1969, Johannes Jourdan is represented in the main part of the praise of God under number 146, a Eucharistic mass chant set to music by Andreas Lehmann. In the evangelical hymn book Where we praise you, new songs grow there is the prayer You are among us, and we celebrate your gifts from 1990 under number 27, which was set to music by Hans-Martin Sauter .

Two children's song records with text and melody by Johannes Jourdan and an arrangement by Rolf Schweizer have been released, as well as texts for various musicals that have been performed in Germany, Switzerland and Russia. In addition, Jourdan has published two non-fiction books on the subject of peace and religion as well as on brain research and several volumes of poetry, edited by the Society of Hessian Literature Friends , the “Wort im Bild” publishing house and Martinus Verlag Darmstadt , among others . Jourdan was also active as an editor of poetry anthologies .

In the last decade of his life, Johannes Jourdan wrote 14 violin sonatas , some of which were recorded by Dmitry Smirnov and published on the Jomajomusic label.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Song writer Johannes Jourdan died at 96. Report on idea.de, January 27, 2020. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  2. ↑ Johannes Jourdan. In: Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 2016/2017. Volume II: PZ. Verlag Walter de Gruyter , 2016, ISBN 978-3-11-045397-3 , p. 465.
  3. ↑ Where we praise you, new songs grow , Strube-Verlag Munich 2005, ISBN 3-89912-083-3
personal data
SURNAME Jourdan, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jourdan, Johannes Gottlob Ludwig (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian, writer and song poet
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH kassel
DATE OF DEATH January 25, 2020
Place of death Darmstadt