Rudolf Zöbeley

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The hymn He wakes me up every morning in the Protestant hymnal , EC 452

Rudolf Zöbeley (born January 15, 1901 in Rheinau , † May 27, 1991 in Munich ) was a German Protestant pastor and hymn composer .

Life

Zöbeley first studied music (among others with Hermann Meinhard Poppen and Wolfgang Fortner ) and later, after the impressions of the war, Protestant theology . Zöbeley worked as a pastor in Baiertal and later in Eppingen and from 1958 was a religion teacher in Mannheim .

Zöbeley is the father of the composer , choir director and church musician Hans Rudolf Zöbeley .

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He gained importance, among other things, through the melody he set to Jochen Kleppers (1903-1942) poem He wakes me all morning from 1938, which among other things in the Evangelical Hymnbook (EG 452) and in the hymnal Fieren & Loben (FL 454) has been printed and has enjoyed an unbroken reception to this day.

Further melodies were published in the journal Evangelical Church Music in Baden .

Works

  • He wakes me up every morning: 40 church songs with melodies by Rudolf Zoebeley . Mundorgel-Verlag, Cologne / Waldbröl 1977, ISBN 3-87571-015-0 .

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SURNAME Zöbeley, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant pastor and hymn composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 15, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Rheinau
DATE OF DEATH May 27, 1991
Place of death Munich