Otto Abel (composer)

Otto Abel (born October 24, 1905 in Berlin , † September 21, 1977 in Tettnang , Baden-Württemberg ) was a German organist , cantor, composer, publisher and Evangelical regional church music director .

Life

Abel was from 1930 to 1970 cantor and organist at the Immanuel Church in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg , from 1959 also regional church music director for the eastern region of the Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg and since 1956 church music editor at the Protestant publishing house in Berlin (East).

Abel composed several hymns and works for the organ.

He died on a trip in Tettnang.

Beginning of the hymn Wonderfully saved by good powers by Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Otto Abel

Les Anges dans nos campagnes (text / translation from French) ( EG 54, hymn book of the Evangelical Reformed Churches in German-speaking Switzerland 418)
Surrounded by good powers loyally and quietly (melody and sentence 1959, text by Dietrich Bonhoeffer 1944) ( EG 65, hymn book of the Evangelical Reformed Churches in German-speaking Switzerland 353, Catholic hymn book of German-speaking Switzerland 554)
O Savior, tear open the heavens ; Small Advent cantata for soprano three-part mixed choir with flute, oboe and organ with violoncello ad libitum; published by the Evangelische Verlagsanstalt in Berlin; 1956
Be praise and honor to the highest good; Cantata for mixed choir, string quartet and organ; published by the Evangelische Verlagsanstalt in Berlin; 1957
My god, my god, why did you leave me ?; Motet for three-part mixed choir
I lift up my eyes; Text: Psalm 121: 1-3,8; for four-part mixed choir

personal data
SURNAME	Abel, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German organist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	October 24, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	September 21, 1977
Place of death	Tettnang , Baden-Württemberg