Joseph Gelineau
Joseph Gelineau SJ (born October 31, 1920 in Champ-sur-Layon , Maine-et-Loire department , † August 8, 2008 in Sallanches , Haute-Savoie ) was a French Jesuit and, as a composer, an important representative of the French hymn.
Life
In 1941 he entered the Jesuit order . He studied theology in Lyon-Fourviere, composition and organ at the “École César Franck” in Paris . He's in theology with a thesis on the forms of psalmody in the Syrian churches in the 4th and 5th century doctorate .
Joseph Gelineau composed several songs for the ecumenical Communauté de Taizé , such as Ubi caritas Deus ibi est , En tout, la paix du coeur , Il n'est pas de plus grand amour (II) , Une soif emplit notre áme , Dieu ne peut que thunder son amour , Regnum tuum veniat , Alleluia 14 , Alleluia 15 , Amen and Ordinariums chants for the Eucharist such as Kyrie-Christe eleison , Gloria , Credo , Sanctus , Agnus Dei .
Fonts
- Joseph Gelineau: The liturgy of tomorrow , Verlag F. Pustet Regensburg
- Joseph Gelineau: The music in Christian worship. Principles, laws, practical applications , Verlag F. Pustet Regensburg, 1965 ("Chant et musique dans le culte chretien", 1962)
- Joseph Gelineau: Music of the Celebrating Assembly , in: Helmut Hucke, Erhard Quack, Heinrich Rennings: Music in the Celebrating Community , Benziger , 1974, p. 45
- Joseph Gelineau, Jürgen Klenk: Psalms for the Church Year , 1982
Web links
- Works by and about Joseph Gelineau in the catalog of the German National Library
- The Taizé composers
- Bibliography by Joseph Gelineau
- GIA Composer: Joseph Gelineau
- "Fr. Joseph Gelineau, SJ, dead at 87 "
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Gelineau, Joseph |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer and Jesuit |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 31, 1920 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Champ-sur-Layon |
DATE OF DEATH | August 8, 2008 |
Place of death | Sallanches |