Peter Janssens

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Peter "Piet" Janssens (born June 17, 1934 in Telgte near Münster ; † December 24, 1998 ibid) was a German musician , composer and co-founder of sacro pop .

Life

Peter Janssens was born as the last of twelve children near the small town of Telgte in Westphalia. The rural life in a place dominated by many pilgrimages and the piano lessons he began at a young age with his mother determined his childhood. Visiting the grammar school in neighboring Münster opened up new, soon also student circles, in which Janssens began to think politically.

From 1961 Peter Janssens studied sociology, history and musicology at the University of Münster .

After a stay as musical director of drama music at the Deutsches Theater in Buenos Aires , Argentina , he studied music at the Cologne University of Music and was employed as a répétiteur at the Munster Municipal Theaters.

Peter Janssens was musical director at the Bad Hersfeld Festival from 1966 to 1975 .

During this time the desire arose to put his religious convictions into practice musically. Thus began a creative period in the area of church congregations and youth associations that were open to the New Spiritual Song , which began with beat measurements and went on to full-length musicals . In order to be able to present the songs in public in concerts, at church services and in the context of church days, Janssens founded a "singing orchestra" in 1976, in which Ludger Edelkötter and Detlev Jöcker also participated. Singers, the majority of whom can also be employed as instrumentalists, form a permanent ensemble for the frequent appearances and performances in German-speaking countries.

Janssens composed numerous new sacred songs, songs and musicals (Dietrich Bonhoeffer - a life in the resistance) . In addition to sacred songs, he composed numerous children's songs (e.g. Mr. Uklatsch ). He worked with Alois Albrecht , Friedrich Karl Barth , Wilhelm Willms , Rolf Krenzer , Ernesto Cardenal and Jürgen Fliege , among others . At numerous major church events, he enthused people with his songs.

When asked what a successful song is, Peter Janssens once answered: "When a good text and a good melody come together and marry, it becomes a third, a good song!"

The songs by Peter Janssens found their way into the hymn book of the Evangelical Methodist Church , the Catholic praise of God and the Evangelical hymnal .

Honors

On June 17, 2004, the day Peter Janssens would have turned 70, the city of Telgte named a street after him.

Memberships

Peter Janssens was a member of the ecumenical lyricists and composers group of the Werkgemeinschaft Musik e. V. and the AG Music in the Ev. Youth e. V., today the lyricists and composers group TAKT .

Awards

In 2004 the Peter-Janssens-Weg was inaugurated in Telgte

Works

  • I call out to the Lord in a loud voice , 1965 (Text: Romano Guardini )
  • God's Spirit is at work everywhere , 1966, (Text: Lutz Hoffmann, Franz Mausberg , Karl Norres , Leo shoes )
  • Heilig, Heilig, Heilig, Herr und Gott , 1969, from: Peace Mass (Text: Helmut Virnekäs )
  • Good news for all peoples , 1970, (Text: Hans Bernhard Meyer )
  • Lord, we bring in bread and wine
  • Sing to the Lord all peoples and races
  • We cannot be silent , 1970, (Text: Bonn theological team R. Gille / P. Janssens / L. Pesch / R. Sonnen)
  • We have a dream - our life is a celebration , 1972, (Text: Alois Albrecht , Josef Metternich Team)
  • Prayer for Marilyn Monroe - Psalm 21 , 1972, (Text: Ernesto Cardenal )
  • Menschensohn I and II , 1972, sacropop musical, (Text: Karl Lenfers )
  • We chase the robbers away , 1972 (Text: H. Scupin, H. Wohlgemuth et al.)
  • We're already hearing the music , 1973 (chants by Ernesto Cardenal and Peter Janssens)
  • The Peasant Opera , 1973, scenes from the German Peasants' War (1525) by Yaak Karsunke and Peter Janssens
  • A hallelujah for you , 1973 (texts by Alois Albrecht)
  • You are my songs , 1974 (Hours of the Roman Breviary in texts by Alois Albrecht)
  • Fridolin and the cat Mau. 1973, children's musical, (Text: Werner Baer )
  • Ave Eva or The Fall of Maria , 1974, (Text: Wilhelm Willms )
  • Willi Schlappohr , 1975, music game (text: Werner Baer)
  • Ruhrkampf -Revue , Theater, Frankfurt 1975 (Text: Yaak Karsunke)
  • Festival of Hope , 1976, songs on the Indian hunger cloth, (Text: Wilhelm Willms)
  • Circus Mensch , 1976, A musical spectacle (Text: Wilhelm Willms)
  • Break down the walls , 1976 (Text: Ernesto Cardenal, Hans-Jürgen Netz , Wilhelm Willms and others)
  • The Statutes of Man , 1977 (chants by Thiago de Mello and Peter Janssens)
  • The Lord is my mind, I will never function , 1977 (Text: Alois Albrecht, Yaak Karsunke and others)
  • Weed Life , 1977, songs for the Kirchentag Berlin
  • When does the day come , 1978, songs for Advent and a cantata (texts: Friedrich Karl Barth , Ursula Barth , Peter Beier , Wilhelm Willms and others)
  • Francis of Assisi , 1978, music game (text: Wilhelm Wilms)
  • Death blooms for us all , 1979, A festival for the living (Text: Friedrich Karl Barth, Peter Horst )
  • Playball Creation , 1983, A Festival of Doubt (by H.-J.Eimüller and Peter Janssens)
  • Elisabeth of Thuringia , 1984, music game (text: Hermann Schulze-Berndt )
  • The Animal Parliament , 1985, music game (Text: Hermann Schulze-Berndt)
  • Jesus, one of us , 1987, music game (Text: Christa and Michael Blanke )
  • Reverence for Life , A Requiem for Albert Schweitzer, 1990 (Text: Stephan Kiepe-Fahrenholz )
  • The light of a candle , Advent and Christmas carols, 1991 (Text: Rolf Krenzer , Sybille Fritsch , Christine Heuser , Hans-Jürgen Netz, Stephan Kiepe-Fahrenholz)
  • Miriam's Moses
  • God goes before us , Mose and Joshua, 1991 (text: Rolf Krenzer) 1991, music game in 4 parts, (text: Schall-Team)
  • Candles in Advent ("Green wreath with red candles") (Text: Rolf Krenzer)
  • New Kolping Song , 1991 (Text: Hermann Schulze-Berndt)
  • Passion of the natives , 1992, A music panorama on the history of Latin America (1492–1992) (Text: Stephan Kiepe-Fahrenholz)
  • On a knife's edge , old and new Kirchentag songs, 1992 (by Sybille Fritsch, Wilhelm Willms, Alois Albrecht, and others, and Peter Janssens)
  • Butt in the head , garbage cantata, 1992 (Text: Stephan Kiepe-Fahrenholz)
  • Little sparrow from somewhere - dream you a dragon , 1992, 26 children's songs by Rolf Krenzer and Peter Janssens
  • When God gave birth to his child , 1992, Ten songs for a nativity play, 1992 (Text: Rolf Krenzer)
  • Bye Bye Jona , 1992 (Text: Rolf Krenzer)
  • Obed , 1993, Children's Church Congress in Munich 1993, songs by Rolf Krenzer and Peter Janssens
  • The Tower , 1994 (Text: Rolf Krenzer)
  • Meine Lieder , 1994, A hit selection for the songbook of the same name by Peter Janssens
  • Dietrich Bonhoeffer , 1995 (Text: Priska Beilharz )
  • Day after day and year after year , 1996 (songs by Rolf Krenzer and Peter Janssens as an accompaniment to the workbook of the same name published by Lahn Verlag)
  • Hildegard von Bingen , 1997 (Text: Jutta Richter )
  • It's a mother , Kirchentag in Leipzig 1997 (songs by Sybille Fritsch, Jutta Richter, Michael Blanke , Hans-Jürgen Netz and Peter Janssens)
  • The Bridge Flows , A Singspiel about the coexistence of three religions, 1998 (Text: Priska Beilharz)

Filmography

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on the website of his music publisher , accessed on April 2, 2013.
  2. ↑ Peter Janssens. bad-hersfelder-festspiele.de
personal data
SURNAME Janssens, Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Janssens, Piet (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician, composer and co-founder of Sacro Pop
DATE OF BIRTH June 17, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Telgte
DATE OF DEATH December 24, 1998
Place of death Telgte