Youth for Christ Choir
| Youth for Christ Choir | |
|---|---|
| Founding: | 1958 |
| Resolution: | around 1980 |
| Genus: | mixed choir |
| Founder: | Johannes Haas |
| Head : | Johannes Haas ; Klaus Heizmann ; Dietrich Georg ; Ted Groat |
| Voices : | depending on project 50–100 ( SATB ) |
The Youth for Christ Choir (spelling: Youth for Christ Choir ) was an influential choir in the Christian music scene that was essential to the youth choir movement in the 1960s and 1970s among evangelical youth.
history
The Youth for Christ Choir was founded in 1958 by Johannes Haas in cooperation with the mission work Youth for Christ and the record label Happy Message in the Song , now Gerth Medien . Around a hundred young people, whose age was initially limited to 30, met annually in the Christian Recreation Center Westerwald in Rehe for a singing leisure time followed by a record recording for the radio broadcasts The Voice of Youth and Happy Message in the Song . These were broadcast weekly on Radio Luxembourg and were particularly popular in evangelical circles. Because of the growing interest in the singing camps, two events a year soon had to be organized. Later Germany-wide concerts and international concert tours followed, including to what was then Czechoslovakia , Israel, Austria, Yugoslavia, France and Switzerland.
Ten years after it was founded, Klaus Heizmann took over the direction of the choir from Johannes Haas in 1968. The first full-time musician of the mission work triggered the so-called youth choir movement in the Christian music scene across Germany through his modern arrangements with wind instruments and guitars, and later also the controversial drums . In 1969 the choir made a tour of the United States. In 1970 Manfred Siebald was a member of the choir that had already composed for him in the 1960s. In the mid-1970s, Klaus Heizmann passed the Youth for Christ Choir on to Dietrich Georg - a long-time pianist who led the choir until it was dissolved.
Well-known soloists of the choir were Doris Loh , Manfred Siebald , Richard Gastmann and from 1970 to 1975 Hella Heizmann .
The Germany Singers
In 1969 the Youth for Christ Choir under Klaus Heizmann was invited by the American Youth For Christ to a concert tour in the USA with the request to make a national contribution to the 25th anniversary of the umbrella organization. Since the choir was not just supposed to be perceived as a “German version” of the Americans and a smaller selection choir had to be put together for the trip, The Deutschland Singers were created , whose repertoire included sacred songs as well as German folk songs to a large extent . The Deutschland Singers released a record and toured Germany under this name until the trip to the USA in November. Here the choir gave 70 concerts in 39 days, sometimes up to five in one day. The choir broke up on his return to Germany. At the initiative of some choir members, however, the Christ singers were brought into being.
Discography
Albums
The following list lists the albums of the Youth for Christ Choir . Since only singles and EPs have been released under the direction of Johannes Haas , the publications listed below are under the direction of Klaus Heizmann or Dietrich Georg.
| year | title | Contributing artist | management | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Amen | Hella Heizmann; Richard Gastmann; Gerhard Lehr; Youth for Christ Choir | Klaus Heizmann | JfC |
| 1975 | Hallelujah, praise the cross | Hella Heizmann; Richard Gastmann; Vernon Wicker; Youth for Christ Choir | Klaus Heizmann | JfC |
| 1975 | Life | Hella Heizmann; Renate Meyeres; Youth for Christ Choir ; Westminster Symphony Orchestra London | Klaus Heizmann | JfC |
| 1975 | When I see Jesus in glory | Hella Heizmann; Irmtraud Gastmann; Richard Gastmann; Ernst Scharnowski; Aldo Baldin; Wilfried Mann ; Youth for Christ Choir | Klaus Heizmann | JfC |
| 1976 | hope | Youth for Christ Choir | Dietrich Georg | Hänssler Music |
| 1978 | freedom | Youth for Christ Choir | Dietrich Georg | Hänssler Music |
| 1980 | Originally | Youth for Christ Choir | Dietrich Georg | Hänssler Music |
| 1981 | I want to praise you | Choir selected from the Youth for Christ Choir | Dietrich Georg | JfC |
| 1984 | I want to adore you | Youth group Oer-Erkenschwick | Dietrich Georg | JfC |
Collaboration albums
| year | title | Collaborating artists | management | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Choir and wind music from the Youth for Christ Choir and the Hüttental-Geisweid wind choir | Youth for Christ Choir ; Wind choir Hüttental-Geisweid | Klaus Heizmann | JfC |
| 1976 | Miracles are no problem for me | Hella Heizmann ; Youth for Christ Choir | Klaus Heizmann | Hänssler Music |
| 1977 | Festive Christmas music | Youth for Christ Choir ; Nuremberg baker's trombones | Klaus Heizmann | JfC |
Participation
| year | title | management | Label | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | The young sound | Dietrich Georg | Hänssler Music | |
| 1981 (?) | Draw circles | Ted Groat | Music education center St. Goar | Benefit publication in favor of the St. Goar Music Education Center |
Singles and EPs
| year | title | Contributing artist | publishing company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | How wonderful is your work | Doris Loh , Vernon Wicker, Youth for Christ Choir | Youth for Christ |
| 1969 | He is everything for me | Richard Gastmann ; Youth for Christ Choir | Youth for Christ |
| 1970 | His goodness and grace | Hella Heizmann, Richard Gastmann, Traudl & Richard Gastmann , Youth for Christ Choir | Youth for Christ |
| 1971 | Jesus lives! | Youth for Christ Choir | Youth for Christ |
| 1975 | The new psalm 23 | Hella Heizmann ; Youth for Christ Choir | Youth for Christ |
| 1975 | Psalm 98: Sing a new song to the Lord | Hella Heizmann; Youth for Christ Choir | Youth for Christ |
Compilation of the singles
In the following only early singles are taken into account, which were created under the direction of Johannes Haas and were later put together in compilations or are included in such.
| year | title | publishing company |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Yes, back then | Gerth media |
| 1994 | Yes, back then 02 | Gerth media |
| 1995 | Yes, then 03: Renate Lüsse | Gerth media |
| 1995 | Yes, at that time 04: Christmas | Gerth media |
| 1996 | Yes, back then 05 | Gerth media |
| 1997 | Yes, at that time 08: Renate Lüsse 02 | Gerth media |
| 1997 | Yes, back then 09 | Gerth media |
| 1998 | Yes, back then 11: Youth for Christ Choir | Gerth media |
| 1999 | Yes, then 12 | Gerth media |
| 2005 | Unforgettable - songs that last | Gerth media |
| 2006 | Unforgettable 02 - songs that last | Gerth media |
| 2007 | Unforgotten 05 - songs for Christmas | Gerth media |
| 2010 | Unforgotten 07 - songs that last | Gerth media |
| 2011 | Unforgotten 09 - songs that last | Gerth media |
| 2013 | Unforgettable 11 - songs that last | Gerth media |
Web links
- Recordings from the Youth for Christ Choir in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.bubmann.com/publikationen/Sound.htm ( Memento from July 31, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ Daniel Scheufler: Online ( Memento from January 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Diploma thesis submitted and defended at the "Carl Maria von Weber" University of Music in Dresden, submitted on September 30, 2007 (PDF file, 10.8 MB) p 36
- ↑ http://www.rkv.ch/archiv/mgd-pdf/10_mgd/104_handschin-st-florian.pdf ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , P. 5
- ^ Manfred Siebald: Vita
- ↑ http://www.livenet.ch/magazin/people/139635-bundesverdienstkreuz_fuer_liedermacher_manfred_siebald.html
- ↑ Daniel Scheufler: Online ( Memento from January 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Diploma thesis submitted and defended at the "Carl Maria von Weber" University of Music in Dresden, submitted on September 30, 2007 (PDF file, 10.8 MB), Pp. 44/45
- ↑ http://www.cvjm-kv.de/news/view/article/weitblick-55-im-februar-in-edingen.html
- ↑ http://www.erf.de/2933-Mit_Freude_dem_Himmel_entgegen_gehn.html?content_item=3545&PHPSESSID=v8a3obk19j0pt5get4gah2mjo0
- ↑ Daniel Scheufler: Online ( Memento from January 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Diploma thesis submitted and defended at the "Carl Maria von Weber" University of Music in Dresden, submitted on September 30, 2007 (PDF file, 10.8 MB), P. 94
