List of hymn composers

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This is an alphabetical list of hymn composers who are published in the hymn books of recognized churches in German-speaking countries. In Germany these are religious corporations under public law.

• Relevant hymn books include:
  • EG - Evangelisches Gesangbuch (1993) (original edition, up to No. 535)
    • EG / BT - regional part Bavaria, Thuringia
    • EG / He - regional part Hessen-Nassau, Kurhessen-Waldeck
    • EG / NB - regional part Lower Saxony, Bremen
    • EG / West - regional part of Rhineland, Westphalia, Lippe, Reformed Church
    • EG / Wü - regional part Württemberg
  • EKG - Protestant church hymn book
  • FuL - Celebration and Praise - hymn books of the Federation of Free Evangelical Churches in Germany and the Federation of Evangelical Free Churches
  • GEmK - Hymn book of the United Methodist Church
  • RG - Hymnal of the Evangelical Reformed Churches in German-speaking Switzerland
  • GL - Praise to God (1975)
    • GL-LM - Edition diocese of Limburg
  • KG - Catholic hymn book of German-speaking Switzerland
  • MG - Mennonite hymn book
  • SELK - Evangelical Lutheran Church Hymns
  • We praise God, songs of Zion, life from the source - Seventh-day Adventists
  • Hymnal of the New Apostolic Church

• Furthermore, such Christian hymn books are recorded, which are listed in a recognized hymn book collection:
  • Hermann Schüling: Catalog of a collection of hymn and prayer books (= reports and works from the university library and the university archive Giessen; 44/1992). University Library, Giessen 1992 ( digitized version ) - regional and subject-specific catalog with over 5000 titles
  • Alexander Völker : hymn book . In: Theologische Realenzyklopädie 12 (1984), pp. 547-565 (overview with further literature)
  • Directory of Protestant German-language hymn books
  • Hymn books in Württemberg 1524–2002, database ( Memento from November 9, 2005 in the Internet Archive )

• Except , however, the composer of the new Sacred Songs , they are in the list of authors New clergyman songs

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A.

• Otto Abel (1905–1977) Faithfully and quietly surrounded by good powers ( EG 65, MG 272)
• Johann Georg Ahle (1651–1706) The golden sun brings life and bliss (EG 444)
• Johann Rudolph Ahle (1625–1673) Dearest Jesus we are here (EG 161, GL 520, MG 8)
• Jo Akepsimas (* 1940) We have found God's traces (EG / West 648)
• Heinrich Albert (1604–1651) God of heaven and earth (EG 445, MG 206)
• Charles Richard Anders (* 1929) Christ is King, cheers loudly after the English Christ is the king, o friends rejoice (EG 269, MG 22)
• Christoph Anton (1610–1658) Jesus, true source of life (GL 22), All people must die (EG / West 694)
• Matthäus Apelt (Matthäus Apelles von Löwenstern) (1594–1648) Now all praise God's mercy (EG 502)
• Ernst Arfken (1925–2006) Our Father, Father in Heaven (EG 188)

B.

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) Who only lets God rule (GL 295), I stand at your crib here (EG 37)
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788) God is my song (EG / He 598)
• Fritz Baltruweit (* 1955) God gave us breath so that we could live (EG 432, MG 463)
• Jacques Berthier (1923–1994) Laudate omnes gentes (EG 181.6)
• Hans Georg Bertram (1936–2013) You cannot fall any deeper (EG 533)
• Herbert Beuerle (1911–1994) Lord your kindness is enough (GL 301, EG 277)
• Hartmut Bietz (* 1942) sings the song of joy (EG 306)
• Paul Bischoff (1935–2019) Lord, give me the courage to build bridges (EG / Wü 649)
• Ronald Bisegger Lord have mercy (GL 475)
• Clemens Bittlinger (* 1959) This is how it should be (EG / Wü)
• Oskar Gottlieb Blarr (* 1934) Now we're moving down the street (EG / West 558)
• Heinrich Bone (1813–1893) Great God, we praise you (GL 257)
• Helmut Bornefeld (1906–1990) May the Lord guard your exit and entrance (EG 173)
• Dmytro Bortnjanskyj (1751–1825) I pray to the power of love (EG / West 661)
• Kurt Bossler (1911–1976) And are you looking for my sin (EG 237)
• Loys Bourgeois (around 1510 - after 1561) Now sings a new song to the Lord (GL 262), Lord God, we all praise you , How wonderfully you give, Lord, to recognize you (EG 271), Now say thanks and praise him Gentlemen (EG 294)
• Johann Georg Franz Braun Ave Maria tender (GL 583)
• Wolfgang Carl Briegel (1626–1712) Dearest Jesus we are here (GL 520, EG 161)
• Willem ter Burg (1914–1995) Abraham, Abraham, leave your country (EG 311)

C.

• Seth Calvisius , also Seth Kalwitz (1556–1615) My most beautiful ornament and gem (EG 473, GL 559, MG 228)
• Gerhard M. Cartford (1923–2016) God, our origin, master of space (EG 431)
• Joseph Clauder (1586–1653) Tell me who is this (GL 588)
• Ch.EH Coussemaker Who wants to live like God on this earth (GL 183)
• Johann Crüger (1598–1662) Dearest of Jesus (EG 81, GL 180), Now all thank God (EG 321, GL 266, MG 53), Now thank all and bring honor (EG 322), Be praise and honor to the highest good (EG 326), Praise the lords all who honor him (EG 447)

D.

• Wolfgang Dachstein (around 1487 - 1553) A little lamb goes and is to blame (EG 83), In peace yours (EG 222, GL 473, MG 172), Out of deep need I scream to you (EG 299)
• Pierre Davantès (around 1525 - 1561) How lovely, Mr. Zebaoth (EG 282), Thank God, because he's good (EG 301), Now thank everyone and bring honor (EG 322)
• Nikolaus Decius (around 1485 - after 1546) Honor God alone in the heights (EG 179, GL 170, MG 24)
• Lucien Deiss (1921–2007) praises and extols the glorious deeds of the Lord (EG 429)
• Adam Drese (1620–1701) Jesus, go ahead (EG 391)
• Cornelius Heinrich Dretzel (1698–1775) Create in me, God, a pure heart (EG 230)
• Helmut Duffe (1948–2016)
• Henry Du Mont (1610–1684) Salve Regina (GL 570)

E.

• Johann Georg Ebeling (1637–1676) You my soul, sing (EG 302), Why should I grieve? (EG 370), The golden sun (EG 449)
• Johannes Eccard (1553–1611) Oh dear Lord Jesus Christ (EG 203)
• Ludger Edelkötter (* 1940) Lord, give us your peace (EG 436)
• Jury Everhartz (* 1971)

F.

• Otmar Faulstich Lord God in Heaven be glory to you (GL 458)
• Siegfried Fietz (* 1946) loyally and quietly surrounded by good powers (EG / West 652)
• Wolfgang Fischer (1932–2011) See, I am with you (EG 419)
• Guillaume Franc (around 1515 - 1570) Dearest of Jesus (EG 81), tender with joy (EG 108), O that soon your fire was burning (EG 255)
• Melchior Franck (1580–1639) ascended to heaven (EG 119, GL 230), Jerusalem, you high-rise city (EG 150, GL 553)
• Michael Franck (1609–1667) Oh how fleeting, oh how void (EG 528, GL 657, MG 397)
• Claude Fraysse (* 1941) I praise my God (EG 272)
• Frieda Fronmüller (1901–1992) Rejoice in the beautiful earth (EG 510)

G

• Herbert Gadsch (1913-2011)
• Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi (around 1556 - 1622?) There is joy in you (EG 398)
• Severus Gastorius (1646–1682) What God does is well done (EG 372, GL 294, MG 360)
• Ernst Ludwig Gebhardi (1787–1862) Glory to God on high (EG 26)
• Gerd Geerken (* 1935) Love is not just a word (EG / West 665)
• Paul Geilsdorf (1890–1976) It may be that everything falls (EG 378)
• Jaap Geraedts (1924–2003) once came to the shore according to God's word and plan (EG 312)
• Günter Gerlach (1928-2003)
• Henriette Catharina von Gersdorff (1648–1726)
• Bartholomäus Gesius (1562–1613) Command your ways (EG 361), Follow me, says Christ our hero (EG 385, GL 616, MG 445)
• Jakob Gippenbusch O God stretch out your gentle hand (GL 306)
• Ulrich Gohl
• Vinzenz Goller (1873–1953) Leopold Fair (GL 433–435)
• John Goss (1800-1880)
• Friedemann Gottschick the Elder (* 1928) God my God, why did you leave me (EG 381, GL 308)
• Claude Goudimel (around 1514 - 1572)
• Christian Gregor (1723–1801) The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ (EG / West 576)
• Matthias Greitter (around 1490 - 1550) O man, weep for your sin great (EG 76, GL 166)
• Erich Gruber (1910–1971) We want to sing happily (EG 167)
• Franz Xaver Gruber (1787–1863) Silent Night, Holy Night (EG 46, GL 145, MG 267)
• Volker Gwinner (1912-2004) You child, at this sacred time (EG 50)

H

• Georg Friedrich Händel (1685–1759) daughter of Zion, rejoice (EG 13)
• Gerhard Häußler (* 1920) Break your bread to the hungry (EG 418, GL 618)
• Andreas Hammerschmidt (1612–1675) Rejoice, all of you Christians (EG 34)
• August Harder (1775–1813) Go out, my heart, and look for Freud (EG 503)
• Hans Leo Haßler (1564–1612) O head full of blood and wounds (EG 85, GL 179, MG 291)
• Norbert Hauner (1743–1827) Tauet, Heaven, the righteous , The grave is empty, the hero awakens
• Dieter Hechtenberg (* 1936) sings the song of joy about God (EG 305, GL 272)
• Christoph Hecyrus O heart of the king of the world (GL 549)
• Bartholomäus Helder (1585–1635) I am happy in the gentleman (EG 349)
• Nikolaus Herman (1500–1561) Praise God you Christians all alike (EG 27, GL 134, EG 27), We thank you, Lord Jesus Christ (EG 79), The glorious day has appeared (EG 106), Get up, you love children (EG 442)
• Melchior Ludolf Herold (1753–1810) All in honor of my God (GL 615)
• Winfried Heurich (* 1940) Heaven that is (EG 153)
• Jakob Hintze (1622–1702) Be satisfied and be quiet (EG 371)
• Ingrid Hirschfeldt We all eat from one bread (GL 539)
• Alfred Hochedlinger (* 1963)
• Helmut Hoeft (* 1957)
• Albert Höfer (1802–1857) Jesus lives, with him I too (GL 336)
• Paul Hofhaimer (1459–1537) Alone to you, Lord Jesus Christ (EG 232)
• Friedrich Hofmann (1910–1998) Rejoice in the Lord allways (EG 239)
• Reinhard Horn (* 1955)
• Egil Hovland (1924–2013) Full of joy at this miracle (EG 212)
• Bernard Huijbers (1922–2003) The Lord wants to be close to us (GL 617), I stand before you with empty hands (EG 382, ​​GL 621)
• Bertold Hummel (1925–2002) You are silent, Lord, because the judge is cowardly (GL 185), Thank you, Lord, through all times (EG / West 557)

I.

• Jessie Seymour Irvine , also Arrigo Tedesco (1450–1517)
• Heinrich Isaac (around 1450 - 1517) O world, I have to leave you (EG 521, GL 659)

J

• Martin Jan (around 1620 - around 1682) You great man of sorrows (EG 87)
• Peter Janssens (1934–1998) With a loud voice I call to the Lord (GL 311), Break your bread to the hungry (EG 420)
• Zofia Jasnota (* 1949) There is unrest on earth (GL Appendix, MG 494)
• Markus Jenny (1924–2001) See your light wants to come (GL 147)
• Claude Le Jeune (around 1530 - 1600)
• Detlev Jöcker (* 1951) You gave us your world (EG Rheinland / Westfalen / Lippe 676)
• Georg Joseph (around 1620 - around 1668) Morning star of the dark night (GL 555), I want to love you, my strength (GL 558)

K

• Heinrich Kahlefeld (1903–1980) I believe in God (GL 448)
• Kurt Frederic Kaiser (1934–2018) A stone falls into the water, very secretly, quietly and quietly (EG / Wü 637)
• Peter Kempin What should we listen to (GL 623)
• Leonhard Kleber (1495–1556) God the Father help us (GL 305)
• Richard Rudolf Klein (1921–2011) There is no little animal on earth (EG 509)
• Peter Klever
• Mina Koch (1845–1924) Star I look to (EG 407)
• Hanns Köbler (1930–1987) I want someone to go with me (EG 209)
• Helmut König (* 1930)
• Johann Balthasar König (1691–1758) O that I had a thousand tongues (EG 330), I want to love you, my strength (EG 400)
• Johann Koler Lord Jesus King for ever (GL 518)
• Gerard Kremer (1919–1970) God has the first word (EG 199)
• Adam Krieger (1634–1666) "One thing is needed!" Oh Lord, this one (EG 386), Now the day has ended (EG 478)
• Rolf Kroedel (* 1934) Lord, teach us that we must die (EG 534)
• Albrecht Kronenberger (* 1940) Gloria (GL 455)
• Josef Kronsteiner (1910–1988) Florian Fair (GL 429–432)
• Hans Kugelmann (around 1495 - 1542) Now praise, my soul, the gentlemen (EG 289)
• Felicitas Kukuck (1914–2001) Sometimes we know God's will (GL 299, MG 90)
• Karl Kuhlo (1818–1909) Come in, sweet glow (EG / West 572)
• Hans Kulla (1910–1956) O holy body of the Lord (GL 538)
• Trond Kverno (* 1945) Lord, you touched me (EG 383)

L.

• Karen Lafferty (born 1948)
• Christian Lahusen (1886–1975) Greetings to Maria (GL 590), do you remember how it happened? (EG 52), We believe God in the highest throne (EG 184), The world belongs to my God (EG 408)
• Johann Lauermann The grain of wheat must die (GL 620)
• Christoph Lehmann (* 1947) I praise my God (EG / West 673)
• Johann Leisentrit (also Johannes Leisentrit) (1527–1586) This is the day God made (GL 220), In God's name we go (GL 303)
• Nis-Edwin List-Petersen (* 1947) Joy came up with a song (EG / NB 580, GEmK 598, MG 238)
• Sarah Levy-Tanai (1911-2005) Come over, sing to the Lord (EG / West 577)
• Johann Löhner (1645–1705) Everything is God's blessing (EG 352)
• Adolf Lohmann (1907–1983) O gentleman from deep lamentation (GL 169), We are only guests on earth (GL 656)
• Heinz Martin Lonquich (1937–2014) All my sources arise in you (GL 397), Hope against all hope (GL 829 part of the diocese of Münster)
• Richard Lörcher (1907–1970) Now our hearts belong (EG 93)
• Lucas Lossius (1508–1582) A child born in Bethlehem (GL 146), Glory to you, Christ (EG 75)
• Hans-Georg Lotz (1934–2001) O Lord take our guilt (EG 235, GL 168)
• Rüdeger Lüders (* 1936) Give us peace every day (EG 425)
• Lars Åke Lundberg (* 1935) Lord, your love is like grass and banks (EG / West 663)
• Martin Luther (1483–1546) Up from heaven, there I come (EG 24), Preserve us, Lord, by your word (EG 193), Out of deep need I cry to you (EG 299, GL 163), Now happy to you, dear Christians g'mein (EG 341), a strong castle is our God (EG 362)

M.

• César Malan (1787–1864)
• Tera de Marez Oyens (* 1932) As long as there are people on earth (EG 427, GL 300)
• Karl Marx (1897–1985) The Lord is risen (EG 118)
• Rudolf Mauersberger (1889–1971) Jauchzet, her heaven (EG 41)
• Frits Mehrtens (1922–1975) The people who walk in the dark (EG 20)
• Wolfram Menschick (1937–2010) All life is dark (GL 552)
• Hans Friedrich Micheelsen (1902–1973) Comforts, comforts, the Lord speaks (EG 15)
• Joseph Mohr (1834–1892) A house full of glory looks (GL 639)
• William Henry Monk (1823–1889) Abide with me (Stay with us, Lord) (EG 488)

N

• Hans Georg Nägeli (1773–1836) Gladly praises the Lord (EG 332)
• Matthias Nagel (* 1958) The earth is the Lord (EG / West 677)
• Joachim Neander (1650–1680) Praise the Lord (EG 316 + 317, GL 392), Open the beautiful gate for me (EG 166), Wonderful King (EG 327), "One thing is needed!" Oh Lord, this one ( EG 386)
• Gottfried Neubert (1926–1983) Jesus enters Jerusalem (EG 314)
• Georg Neumark (1621–1681) Who only lets God rule (EG 369)
• Winand Nick (1831-1910)
• Philipp Nicolai (1556–1608) Wake up, the voice calls us (EG 147, GL 110, MG 414), How beautifully the morning star shines (EG 70, GL 554, MG 279)

O

• Volker Ochs (1929–2018) How the deer longs for fresh water (EG 278), Let the root of our actions be love (EG 417)
• Franz-Josef Oestemer (* 1954) Look, the stone has moved away (GL-LM 783)
• Winfried Offele We beat him (GL 184), In your word Lord let us trust (GL 624)
• Paul Ongman (1885–1957) Don't forget to thank the Eternal Lord (EG / West 644)

P

• Christoph Peter (1626–1669) Oh God and Lord, how big and heavy (EG 233)
• Johannes Petzold (1912–1985) The night has advanced (GL 111, EG 16, MG 249)
• Gustav Pezold (1850–1931) We'd like to dare (EG 254)
• Franz Philipp (1890–1972)
• Joseph Pothier (1835–1923) Greetings Mother in God's Glory (GL 586)
• Doreen Potter (1925–1974) Comes with gifts and hymns (EG 229)
• Michael Praetorius (1571–1621) O believing heart, given (EG 318)
• Hans Puls (1914–1992) Help, Lord of my Life (EG 419, GL 622, MG 102)

Q

• Erhard Quack (1904–1983) Sing praise to our God (GL 260), Come Lord Jesus come to earth (GL 565), Let us praise, brothers, praise (GL 637)
• Thomas Quast (* 1962)

R.

• Hans-Martin Rauch (* 1945) The sun rises: Christ has risen! (EG / BT 556)
• John Reading († 1692)
• Siegfried Reda (1916–1968) Who you have time in your hands (EG 64, GL 157)
• Jakob Regnart (around 1540 - 1599) To my dear God (EG 345)
• Johann Balthasar Reimann (1702–1749) This is the night that appeared to me (EG 40)
• Beat Reiser Christ Winner (GL 564)
• Otto Riethmüller (1889–1938) You creator of all beings (EG 485)
• Martin Rinckart : (1586–1649) Now everyone thanks God (EG 321)
• Walter Röder Some demand miracles (GL 548), Jesus died death (GL 652)
• Heinrich Rohr (1902–1997) We say to you the dear Advent (EG 17, GL 115), consecration of the Easter lamb (GL 217), come Lord Jesus come (GL 568)
• Kurt Rommel (1926–2011) Lord, give us the courage to listen (GL 521, MG 372, EG / West 605), you have called us, Lord (EG 168)
• Samuel Rothenberg (1910–1997) Yes, I want to carry you (EG 380), evening was, soon the night will come (EG 487)
• Theophil Rothenberg (1912-2004) hears the angel bright songs (EG 54, three-part movement)
• Paul Ernst Ruppel (1913–2006) I will praise you Lord and God (GL 274), Just as my father sent me (EG 260, GL 641, MG 416)
• Anders Ruuth (1926–2011) God keep us (EG 171)

S.

• Josef Anton Saladin (1908–1996) A big city comes into being (GL 642)
• Daniel Sambursky (1909–1977) Enter your peace (EG 489)
• Carl Santner (1819–1885) The Savior rose (GL ²⁰¹³ Regensburg 791)
• Samuel Scheidt (1587–1654) O Holy Spirit, O Holy God (EG 131)
• Johann Hermann Schein (1586–1630) Follow me, speaks Christ, our hero (EG 385, GL 616, MG 445)
• Fritz Schieri (1922–2009) Christ Lamb of God (GL 446), Lamb of God (GL 460)
• Manfred Schlenker (* 1926) Come into our proud world (EG 428)
• Marie Schmalenbach (1835–1924) Come in, sweet glow (GL 490)
• Karl Norbert Schmid (1926–1995) Arrived at the threshold of the evening (GL 701)
• Gottfried Schneider (1909–1987) Jesus Christ, King and Lord (EG / BT 590)
• Martin Gotthard Schneider (1930–2017) Thank you for this good morning (EG 334)
• Clement Cotterill Scholefield (1839–1904) The day, my God, has now passed (EG 266)
• Johann Schop (1590–1667) Come on, you beautiful morning light (EG 33), Shall I not sing to my God? (EG 325), wake up, my mind (EG 475)
• Heino Schubert (1928–2018) Paulus Mass (GL 436–439)
• Heinrich Schütz (1585–1672) Good for those who walk (EG 295, GL 614, MG 394), I want as long as I live (EG 276), I know what I believe in (EG 357)
• Johann Abraham Peter Schulz (1747–1800) Your little children, come (EG 43), The moon has risen (EG 482)
• Karl Friedrich Schulz (1784–1850) Thank the Lord! We thank the Lord (EG 333)
• Otmar Schulz (* 1938) You called me, Lord, to you (EG 210), Lord, you prayed for it (EG 267)
• Walter Schulz (1925–2009) God loves this world (EG 409, GL 297, MG 434)
• Gerhard Schwarz (1902–1995) So God loves the bad world (EG 51)
• Joachim Schwarz (1930–1998) Exit and Entry (Canon) (EG 175, MG 135)
• Rolf Schweizer (1936–2016) That's a delicious thing (EG 285, GL 271), Sing the Lord a new song (EG 287)
• Thomas Selle (1599–1663) Up, up, all of you Christians (EG / West 536)
• Nikolaus Selnecker (1530–1592) Now let's God the Lord (EG 320)
• Claudin de Sermisy (around 1495 - 1562) What my God wants, always happens (EG 364)
• Josef Seuffert (1926-2018) Thank the Lord because he is good (GL 281)
• Manfred Siebald (* 1948)
• Hans Rudolf Siemoneit (1927–2009) You have left the whole world to us (EG 360)
• Friedrich Silcher (1789–1860) Take my hands then (EG 376)
• Peter Sohren (around 1630 - around 1692) God brought me this far (EG 329)
• Johannes Spangenberg (1484–1550) Thaws Heaven from the Höhn (GL 104)
• Wolfgang Jürgen Stark
• Josef Stein You call us Lord despite our guilt (GL 523)
• Hermann Stern (1912–1978) Bless you and protect you (EG 174)
• Johann Steuerlein (1546–1613) The old year has passed (EG 59), How lovely is May (EG 501)
• Johann Stobäus (1580–1646) Open the door (GL 107), seek whoever wants another destination (EG 346)
• Johann Georg Stötzel (1711–1793) Thank God all over the world (EG 12)
• Georg Christoph Strattner (around 1645 - 1704) Heaven, earth, air and sea (EG 504)
• Peter Strauch (* 1943) Lord, we ask: Come and bless us (EG / West 607)
• Ignace de Sutter (1911–1988) Wood on Jesus' shoulder (EG 97)

T

• Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767) The dear sun light and splendor (EG 479)
• Melchior Teschner (1584–1635) O God accept the gifts (GL 468), I will give you valet (EG 523)
• Albert Thate (1903–1982) Lord, stay with us (EG 483)
• Valentin Thilo the Elder (1579-1620)
• Valentin Thilo the Younger (1607–1662)
• Georg Thurmair (1909–1984)
• Maria Luise Thurmair (1912-2005)
• Michael Töpler We give gifts to the earth (GL 480)
• Dieter Trautwein (1928–2002) Come, Lord, bless us that we will not part (EG 170, MG 136)
• Valentin Triller (around 1493 - 1573) whom the shepherds praised dearly (EG 29)

U

• Caspar Ulenberg (1548–1617) Now praise God in the high throne (GL 265), Lord, nothing is hidden from you (GL 292)
• Johann Ulich (1634–1712) I will not leave my Jesus (EG 402)

V

• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958) O Bethlehem, you little town (EG 55), Lord, make us strong in courage (EG 154)
• Michael Vehe (1485–1539) Who is under the protection of the Most High (GL 291)
• Gotthold Veigel (1913–1998) You have for your Last Supper (EG 224)
• Christoph Bernhard Verspoell (1743-1818)
• Melchior Vulpius (around 1570 - 1615) Jesus your passion (EG 88), Praise be to God in the highest throne (EG 103), Pull into power you arm of the Lord (EG 377, GL 304), The bright sun shines now (EG 437), Christ, who is my life (EG 516)

W.

• Michel Wackenheim (* 1945)
• John Francis Wade (around 1711–1786), Adeste fideles , dt. Now rejoice you Christians (GL 143) / Here, o you believers (EG 45)
• Johann Walter (1496–1570) Wake up, wake up, you German land (EG 145), Every morning is fresh and new (EG 440, GL 666, MG 195), We are in the middle of life (EG 518)
• Paul Gerhard Walter (* 1947) Lord give me the courage to build bridges (EG / West 669)
• Jan-Jürgen Wasmuth (* 1938)
• Gerd Watkinson
• Horst Weber (1926–1990) I stand on your cross, Mr. Christ (EG / West 556), Sing, thank our God (EG / West 597, GL 277)
• Christa Weiß Before the sun goes down (GL 702)
• Ewald Weiss (1906–1998) Lamb of God, you take away (EG 190.3)
• Michael Weisse (1488–1534) A child is born to us today (GL 136), Greetings to Mary (GL 582)
• Fritz Werner (1898–1977) The day is close to its height (EG 457), I'm lying, Lord, in your hat (EG 486)
• Charles Wesley (1707–1788) Christ, the Lord, has risen today (EG / West 564)
• Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810–1876) The Church's one foundation, The church is founded (EG 264)
• Wolfgang Weßnitzer (1629–1697) Jesus, the life of my life (EG 86)
• Olle Widestrand (* 1932) many rays break (EG 268)
• Götz Wiese (1928–2012) Look, he's alone in the garden (EG 95)
• Karl-Heinz Willenberg
• Johann Georg Winer (1583–1651) Create in me, God, a pure heart (EG 230)
• Christian Friedrich Witt (1660–1716) decorates the festival with Maien (EG 135)
• Peter van Woerden (1924–1990)
• Erna Woll (1917–2005) Bless this child (GL 636)
• Josef Venantius von Wöss (1863–1943) Praise be to you, Lord Jesus Christ (GL 560)
• Hartmut Wortmann

Z

• Johannes Christoph Andreas Zahn (1817–1895) Your King comes in low covers (EG 14)
• Friedrich Zipp (1914–1997) Your hands, great God (EG 424)
• Rudolf Zöbeley (1901–1991) He wakes me up every morning (EG 452)
• Alfred Hans Zoller (1928–2006) Star over Bethlehem (EG / West 546, MG 265)

See also

• List of hymns
• List of hymn poets
• List of hymn translators
• List of authors of New Clergy Songs
• List of composers in the Evangelical Hymnal

Footnotes

1. ↑ Most of the abbreviations are based on a document from the Working Group of Christian Churches (PDF; 104 kB)
2. ^ Works by Kurt Boßler at Carus Verlag .