Martin Roessler

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Martin Rössler , also Martin Rössler (* 1934 in Pforzheim ), is a German church musician , Protestant theologian, music director and emeritus professor in Tübingen .

Career

Martin Rößler studied church music and Protestant theologian. From 1966 to 1973 it was music director at the Evangelical Monastery in Tübingen and was involved in theological training. After working in the parish priests in Hagelloch near Tübingen and Bronnweiler near Reutlingen , he mainly taught liturgy and hymnology at the Protestant theological faculty of the University of Tübingen .

activity

Martin Rößler worked on the Evangelical Hymnbook for the Evangelical Church in Germany and for the Evangelical Church in Württemberg . As a preacher, Rößler also published highly acclaimed “song sermons” in which the theology, poetry and history of individual hymn book stanzas were worked out. Rößler became known through the depiction of melodists and poets of Christian hymn books . Various biographies were processed by Rößler according to historical criteria and today often form the basis for the short biographies that are common in all major hymn books. On the other hand, Rößler examined the origin and development of hymn books, starting with the Reformation .

As a hymnologist, Rößler published selected examples of the genre of a song sermon in his Bronnweiler sermon volume .

Publications (selection)

  • (as editor): Karl Gerok : "Course of Organ Improvisation" . Hänssler, Neuhausen-Stuttgart, 1976.
  • The song sermon. History of a sermon genre . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1976, ISBN 3-525-47168-2 .
  • "Since Christ was born" ... Texts, types and themes of the German Christmas carol . Calwer, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-7668-0680-7 .
  • Is it you who should come? Hagellocher sermons based on texts from the Gospel of Matthew . Katzmann, Tübingen 1982, ISBN 3-7805-0415-4 .
  • Fixed thoughts. Bronnweiler sermons for the church year , Katzmann, Tübingen 1990, ISBN 3-7805-0453-7 .
  • Songwriter in the hymnal . Volume 1. Calwer, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-7668-3062-7 .
  • Songwriter in the hymnal . Volume 2. Calwer, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-7668-3063-5 .
  • Songwriter in the hymnal . Volume 3. Calwer, Stuttgart 1991, ISBN 3-7668-3064-3 .
  • Songwriter in the hymnal. Song history in life pictures. Calwer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-7668-3695-1 .
  • Spiritual song and church hymn book . Strube, Munich 2007, ISBN 3-89912-091-4 .
  • Psalter and harp, wake up - song sermons . Calwer, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-7668-4112-4 .
  • The Wittenbergisch Nachtigall - Martin Luther and his songs. Calwer, Stuttgart 2015, ISBN 978-3-7668-4368-5 .
  • “You shouldn't complain: give praise!” - Jochen Klepper - life and songs. Calwer, Stuttgart 2017, ISBN 978-3-7668-4430-9 .
  • Editor with Johann Hinrich Claussen : Great sermons. 2000 years of God's word and Christian protest . Lambert Schneider, Darmstadt 2015, ISBN 978-3-650400710 .

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personal data
SURNAME Roessler, Martin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rössler, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German church musician, Protestant theologian, music director and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Pforzheim