Richard Loercher

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Richard Lörcher (born March 15, 1907 in Cleebronn , Kingdom of Württemberg ; † July 13, 1970 in Spangenberg , Hesse ) was a German clergyman, trombonist of the Protestant Church, song writer , composer and deacon .

Life

He was born as the fourth child of the Evangelical Lutheran pastor Friedrich Lörcher, who was a pastor in Oberboihingen when Richard started school. Later he attended elementary school and grammar school in Nürtingen , which he left with the completion of the secondary school leaving certificate to complete an apprenticeship as a machine fitter. He moved away from his original plan to study engineering when he came into contact with the evangelical wind choir of his father's congregation and had a Christian awakening experience. With the first self-earned money, Lörcher bought a flugelhorn . From 1926 he completed a deacon training at the Bodelschwinghschen Anstalten Bethel in Bielefeld , where he became a member of the wind sextet of the famous trombonist Johannes Kuhlo .

In 1932 Lörcher took up his first position in the clergy when he became a parish and young deacon in Steinhagen near Gütersloh , where he founded his own wind sextet the following year, whose repertoire also included contemporary church music. In 1936 he was appointed trombonist in the Gütersloh district association. From this time on Lörcher wrote song texts and melodies and composed wind music.

In the same year he married Anni Tegtmeyer, a daughter of the head of the Brothers House, Paul Tegtmeyer; the marriage resulted in four children. Between 1940 and 1945 Lörcher did military service as a medic in southern France. When he returned to Germany, he returned to his destiny, becoming a young man in Minden-Ravensberg and Lippe in 1946 and trombone man in Westphalia in 1948 ; He expanded his wind sextet to an octet .

In 1948 he was appointed trombone attendant for Westphalia in the West German Young Men Association of the Association of Christian Young Men (YMCA), and later became federal trombone attendant. In the following years he organized trombone festivals, took part in the major federal trombone festivals and made concert tours across Europe with his octet. Lörcher was also a member of the executive committee of the Westphalian working group and the federal working group of the confessional movement No other gospel .

After a heart attack , Lörcher retired early in 1967 and died on a trip in 1970. Not far from the grave of Johannes Kuhlo, with whom he always remained closely connected, he was buried in the cemetery in Bethel .

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During his life Lörcher published various collections with self-written sheet music for wind instruments for well-known songs of the Evangelical Church and new hymns. Along with Hermann Mühleisen he gave in 1950 on behalf of the West German young men covenant of the YMCA, the trombone book Praise God , experienced the several editions in two volumes out and made notes for hymn sets, chorale preludes , brass preludes Intraden , folk songs , Psalm sets the Reformation , Bläserstücke, canon - consisted of songs and modern spiritual songs . In 1937 he wrote the best-known song Jesus Christ, King and Lord , which is currently to be found in the regional appendices of the Evangelical Hymnbook (EG). Lörcher wrote the melody for the song Now our hearts belong entirely to the man of Golgotha , written by Pastor Friedrich von Bodelschwingh , which was presented for the first time in the Good Friday sermon in Bethel in 1927. This song is number 93 in the current Evangelical Hymnal (EG).

Self-testimony

The word of God revealed in the Bible and his confession by the artist was the most important motivation for Lörcher, which runs through his entire work. In the foreword of a trumpet music book he wrote: “In a time so alienated from the Word of God , it is twice as important for us to hold on to the Word. The word of God triggered the songs. It is the original, the first and most important, the core of our songs. We wind players are always tempted to be content with the tone of the songs, with their dress. But it is not music, but only God's word that has the promise of victory in the struggles of God's people. Therefore, I say to all who use this book: Do not do any brass work without the testimony of the Word of God. Organize your hours under the word of God and prayer. Call out and spread the word wherever you move and reach human hearts with your sounds. "

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Helmut Fleinghaus : Who is who in the hymnal? 2nd edition, Göttingen 2001. ISBN 9783525503232 based on: Walter Stursberg u. a .: Richard Körcher in: Twelve men shaped trumpet work, delivery 2 of the contributions to the history of Protestant trumpet work, Horst Dietrich Schlemm (Ed.), Gütersloh, 1991, p. 235ff
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g trombone warden Richard Lörcher on the website http://theologos.klack.org
  3. ^ Gisa Bauer : Evangelical Movement and Evangelical Church in the Federal Republic of Germany. Göttingen 2012, ISBN 9783647557700
  4. ↑ Wolfgang Schnabel: The evangelical trombone choir work, origin and order. Göttingen 1993, ISBN 9783525571880
  5. ^ [1] German digital library
  6. ^ Gerhard Hahn , Jürgen Henkys (Ed.): Liederkunde zum Evangelischen Gesangbuch. Göttingen 2001, ISBN 9783525503249
personal data
SURNAME Lörcher, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German clergyman, trombone attendant of the Evangelical Church, song writer, composer and deacon
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Cleebronn , Kingdom of Württemberg
DATE OF DEATH July 13, 1970
Place of death Spangenberg , Hesse