Wetzlar girls' choir
| Wetzlar girls' choir | |
|---|---|
| Seat: | Wetzlar / Germany |
| Founding: | circa 1973 |
| Resolution: | 1975, project-wise until the mid-1980s |
| Genus: | Women's choir |
| Head : | Margret Birkenfeld |
| Voices : | approx. 15 ( SAA ) |
The Wetzlarer Mädchenchor (formerly: youth choir "Frohe Message" and Wetzlarer youth choir ) was an evangelical choir made up of growing female voices under the direction of Margret Birkenfeld .
It emerged from Margret Birkenfeld's children's choir work for the record publisher Hermann Schulte in Wetzlar. The oldest singers in the teenage choir urged their choir director to be allowed to form her own singing community. Since the boys had to sit out at this age due to their change of voice , a choir of early female voices was created. At first, the new formation only acted as a smaller and more mature cast of the Wetzlar Children's Choir as part of its children's record production, but soon developed an intense life of its own. Initially under the name Wetzlarer Jugendchor , the singers produced records and traveled nationwide with their own concert program and self-sewn uniform made of floor-length blue skirts and white blouses. When, however, in 1975, the return of the freshly trained male voices, expressly requested by the female singers, did justice to the term “youth choir” for the newly formed mixed choir , subsequent generations remained as a “girls' choir”.
Since then, the girls' choir has served as a transitory step between the Wetzlar children's choir and the youth choir , but from then on remained in the context of teenage-friendly children's music. Finally, the choir returned to its original form and was only put together on a project basis if a more mature sound was desired for titles aimed at older children.
Discography
Individual listing of the published music titles
| year | Music track | Artist | Choir solo performances | author | Initial release | Secondary uses | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Who gives so much joy every day? | Wetzlar girls' choir | Text and music: Dieter Pietratus | Single "Play a New Song for God" | LP "Living with Jesus is joy" | ||
| 1974 | On all sides (you surround me) | Wetzlar girls' choir | Text and music: author unknown (from the former GDR) | Single "Play a New Song for God" | LP "Living with Jesus is joy" | ||
| 1974 | The world is wide open to the young | Wetzlar girls' choir | Text: H. Bergmann; Music: H. Wortmann | Single "Play a New Song for God" | LP "Living with Jesus is joy" | ||
| 1974 | Play a new song for God | Wetzlar girls' choir | Text and music: Hanneliese Schmidt | Single "Play a New Song for God" | LP "Living with Jesus is joy" | ||
| 1974 | Lord some days (are a burden to me) | Wetzlar girls' choir | Text and music: Jürgen Gemeinhardt | Single "Play a New Song for God" | |||
| 1974 | You can only experience joy | Wetzlar girls' choir | Text and music: Hans-Jürgen Jaworski | Single "You can only experience joy" | |||
| 1974 | You only think of your dear self | Wetzlar girls' choir | Text and music: Margret Birkenfeld | Single "You can only experience joy" | LP "The merciful Indian", LP "Living with Jesus is joy", CD "Be a living fish" | ||
| 1974 | Sing and play in your hearts | Wetzlar girls' choir | Text and music: Margret Birkenfeld | Single "You can only experience joy" | |||
| 1974 | Stay with us (because it's getting evening) | Wetzlar girls' choir | Text and music: author unknown | Single "You can only experience joy" | LP "Living with Jesus is joy" | ||
| 1975 | We want to love each other from the heart | Wetzlar girls' choir | Helga Becker | Text and music: Margret Birkenfeld | Single "We want to love each other from the heart" | MC “The great banquet”, LP “Living with Jesus, that's joy”, LP “Margret Birkenfeld - My favorite songs”, CD “Be a living fish” | |
| 1975 | Be grateful in all things | Wetzlar girls' choir | Text: 1 Thessalonians 5:18, Romans 8:28; Music: Margret Birkenfeld | Single "We want to love each other from the heart" | LP "Living with Jesus, that's joy", 2-CD "Margret Birkenfeld - My favorite songs" | ||
| 1975 | We don't know the day or the hour | Wetzlar girls' choir | Annette Kriese | Text and music: Margret Birkenfeld | Single "We want to love each other from the heart" | MC "Yes, God loves all children", LP "Living with Jesus, that's joy", 2-CD "Margret Birkenfeld - My favorite songs" | |
| 1976 | Wedding song (go through the gate into a new land / God has held his hands over you) | Wetzlar girls' choir | Text and music: Margret Birkenfeld | Single "Goes through the gate into a new country" | |||
| 1976 | Psalm 121 (I lift up my eyes) | Wetzlar girls' choir | Helga Becker | Text: Psalm 121; Music: Margret Birkenfeld | Single "Goes through the gate into a new country" | 2-CD "Margret Birkenfeld - My Favorite Songs" | |
| 1976 | Give me rest, sir | Wetzlar girls' choir | Text and music: Thomas Eger | Single "Goes through the gate into a new country" | |||
| 1976 | This day, sir, I'm going back | Wetzlar girls' choir | Text and music: Martin G. Schneider | Single "Goes through the gate into a new country" | |||
| 1973 (?) | It's dark in the world | Wetzlar girls' choir | Text: author unknown; Music: Peter van Woerden | Single "A Brave Girl" | |||
| 1972/1973 | We want to be happy here together | Wetzlar girls' choir | Text: Siegfried Rams, Eckart zur Nieden, Margret Birkenfeld; Music: Siegfried Rams | Single "Give me oil in the lamp" | LP "Living with Jesus is joy" | ||
| 1972/1973 | Put oil in the lamp | Wetzlar girls' choir | Text and music: Author unknown (from English) | Single "Give me oil in the lamp" | |||
| 1972/1973 | Living with Jesus is joy | Wetzlar girls' choir | Text and music: Margret Birkenfeld | Single "Give me oil in the lamp" | LP "Living with Jesus, that's joy", MC "Yes, God loves all children", MC "The great feast", CD "Be a living fish" | ||
| 1972/1973 | I love jesus | Wetzlar girls' choir | Annette Kriese ?, Christiane Schmuck ?, Ulrike Wetter ?, Bettina Kriese? | Text and music: Author unknown (from the United States) | Single "Give me oil in the lamp" | ||
| 1972/1973 | God doesn't know lies | Wetzlar girls' choir | Text and music: Erika Wenzel | Single "Give me oil in the lamp" | LP "Living with Jesus is joy" | ||
| 1973 | You take us all now (prayer) | Wetzlar girls' choir | Text and music: Margret Birkenfeld | Single "Hell sound our song" | LP "Living with Jesus, that's joy", 2-CD "Margret Birkenfeld - My favorite songs" | ||
| 1973 | Praise the Lord, my soul | Wetzlar girls' choir | Text: JD Herrnschmidt; Music: Ansbach 1665 | Single "Hell sound our song" | LP "Living with Jesus is joy" | ||
| 1973 | Rejoice in the Lord | Wetzlar girls' choir | Text: Psalm 33: 1-4; Music: Margret Birkenfeld | Single "Hell sound our song" | LP "Living with Jesus is joy" | ||
| 1973 | I am looking for you with all my heart | Wetzlar girls' choir | Single "Hell sound our song" | LP “Live with Jesus, that's joy”, LP “Seek me, this is how you will live”, LP “Margret Birkenfeld - My Favorite Songs”, CD “The Most Beautiful Songs by Margret Birkenfeld”, 2-CD “Margret Birkenfeld - Mine favorite songs " | |||
| 1973 | Lord stay with us | Wetzlar girls' choir | Text and music: Margret Birkenfeld | Single "Hell sound our song" | |||
| 1973 | I lie and sleep in peace | Wetzlar girls' choir | Text and music: Manfred Siebald | Single "Hell sound our song" | LP "Living with Jesus is joy" | ||
| 1973 (?) | Yes, that's joy / Jesus Christ is alive / A bright glow came into my heart | Wetzlar girls' choir | Dorothea Dinter, Annette Kriese | Text and music of all 3 choruses: Author unknown | Single "Yes, that's joy" / LP "And do you ask the clouds" | ||
| 1973 (?) | All of my good deeds | Wetzlar girls' choir | Text and music: Margret Birkenfeld | Single "Yes, that's joy" / LP "And do you ask the clouds" | LP "Living with Jesus, that's joy", CD "God says yes to you" | ||
| 1973 (?) | Do you have peace of mind | Wetzlar girls' choir | Helga Becker *, Ingrid Martin | Text and music: author unknown | Single "Yes, that's joy" / LP "And do you ask the clouds" | LP "Living with Jesus is joy" | * under birth name Helga Vogt |
| 1973 (?) | The Lord Jesus wants to use me | Wetzlar girls' choir | Annette Kriese | Text: N. Talbot, music: EO Excell | Single "Yes, that's joy" / LP "And do you ask the clouds" | LP "Living with Jesus is joy" | |
| 1974 | Now let's be still | Wetzlar girls' choir | Helga Becker | Text and music: Margret Birkenfeld | Single "Now let's be quiet" | LP "Be happy, you children", CD "Still is the night" | |
| 1974 | Joy, great joy (joy, peace, love) | Wetzlar girls' choir | Text and music: Margret Birkenfeld | Single "Now let's be quiet" | LP "Be happy, you children", CD "Still is the night", CD "Be a living fish" | ||
| 1975 | In every brown bud | Wetzlar girls' choir | Text and music: Margret Birkenfeld | Single "From Forest and Field" | LP "Of all sorts of animals" | ||
| 1975 | Creation praises God's goodness | Wetzlar girls' choir | Canon by Franz Schubert | Single "From Forest and Field" | LP "Of all sorts of animals" | ||
| 1975 | Golden in the west | Wetzlar girls' choir | Text and music: Margret Birkenfeld | Single "From Forest and Field" | LP "Of all sorts of animals" | ||
| 1975 | Open up, be light (cantata) | Wilfried Mann, Wetzlar Children's Choir, Wetzlar Girls Choir | Cantata by Margret Birkenfeld | Single "Licht im Dunkel" | LP "See, your king is coming to you", LP "Margret Birkenfeld - My favorite songs", CD "The most beautiful songs by Margret Birkenfeld", 2-CD "Margret Birkenfeld - My favorite songs" | ||
| 1975 | The light of the world (cantata) | Wilfried Mann, Wetzlar Children's Choir, Wetzlar Girls Choir | Cantata by Margret Birkenfeld | Single "Licht im Dunkel" | LP "See, your king is coming to you", 2-CD "Margret Birkenfeld - My favorite songs" | ||
| 1973 | Be a living fish | Wetzlar Children's Choir, Wetzlar Girls Choir | Text and music: Margret Birkenfeld | LP "swim against the current" | LP "Jesus loves children", MC "Yes, God loves all children", CD "Be a living fish" | ||
| 1973 | We sing about Jesus | Wetzlar Children's Choir, Wetzlar Girls Choir | LP "swim against the current" | ||||
| 1973 | Sing, sing, that's our joy | Wetzlar Children's Choir, Wetzlar Girls Choir | Text and music: Margret Birkenfeld | LP "swim against the current" | CD "God says yes to you" | ||
| 1973 | Make me ready for you at all times | Wetzlar Children's Choir, Wetzlar Girls Choir | Swim against the current (LP) | ||||
| 1973 | Hallelujah (Hallelujah! Jesus loves you) | Wetzlar Chick Choir, Wetzlar Children's Choir, Wetzlar Girls Choir | Swim against the current (LP) | ||||
| 1973 | Talk to one another (speak to one another in psalms and hymns) | Wetzlar Children's Choir, Wetzlar Girls Choir | Swim against the current (LP) | ||||
| 1973 | He has the whole world in his hand | Wetzlar Chick Choir, Wetzlar Children's Choir, Wetzlar Girls Choir | Swim against the current (LP) | ||||
| 1973 | Great God, we praise you | Wetzlar Children's Choir, Wetzlar Girls Choir | Swim against the current (LP) | ||||
| 1973 | God's love is like the sun | Wetzlar Children's Choir, Wetzlar Girls Choir | Swim against the current (LP) | ||||
| 1973 | We sing joyfully about Jesus Christ | Wetzlar Children's Choir, Wetzlar Girls Choir | Swim against the current (LP) | ||||
| 1973 | If you gladly confess it | Wetzlar Children's Choir, Wetzlar Girls Choir | Swim against the current (LP) | ||||
| 1974 | Are you looking | Wetzlar girls' choir | Rangda, the enemy of light (LP) | ||||
| 1974 | O Lord Jesus, you are worth it | Wetzlar girls' choir | Rangda, the enemy of light (LP) | ||||
| 1974 | I want to praise him more and more | Wetzlar girls' choir | Rangda, the enemy of light (LP) | ||||
| 1974 | We ask for Christ | Wetzlar girls' choir | Rangda, the enemy of light (LP) | ||||
| 1975 | Sing a hallelujah with me | Wetzlar Chick Choir, Wetzlar Children's Choir, Wetzlar Girls Choir | ... and happily I go through the day (LP) | ||||
| 1975 | We are young Christians | Wetzlar girls' choir | ... and happily I go through the day (LP) | ||||
| 1975 | Lord this day (Lord this day I want to start with you) | Wetzlar girls' choir | Annette Kriese | ... and happily I go through the day (LP) | |||
| 1975 | Where two or three are together | Wetzlar girls' choir | ... and happily I go through the day (LP) | ||||
| 1975 | The Lord is my strength and my shield | Wetzlar girls' choir | ... and happily I go through the day (LP) | ||||
| 1975 | Rejoice | Wetzlar Children's Choir, Wetzlar Girls Choir | We want to be torchbearers (LP) | ||||
| 1975 | Who hears my word | Wetzlar Children's Choir, Wetzlar Girls Choir | We want to be torchbearers (LP) | ||||
| 1975 | God's goodness is our chance | Wetzlar girls' choir | We want to be torchbearers (LP) | ||||
| 1975 | Jesus lit a fire | Wetzlar Children's Choir, Wetzlar Girls Choir | We want to be torchbearers (LP) | ||||
| 1975 | Give space to God's love | Wetzlar girls' choir | We want to be torchbearers (LP) | ||||
| 1975 | Some joy (some joy life gives you) | Wetzlar girls' choir | We want to be torchbearers (LP) | ||||
| 1976 | O Lord, I thank you | Wetzlar girls' choir | Lazarus, come out! (LP) | ||||
| 1976 | When Jesus comes with the clouds | Wetzlar Children's Choir, Wetzlar Girls Choir | Lazarus, come out! (LP) | ||||
| 1976 | I know I'll see Jesus one day | Wetzlar girls' choir | Lazarus, come out! (LP) | ||||
| 1976 | Lazarus, come out (cantata) | Wilfried Mann, Wetzlar Children's Choir, Wetzlar Girls Choir | Lazarus, come out! (LP) | ||||
| 1976 | Praise God, all Christians alike | Wetzlar Children's Choir, Wetzlar Girls Choir | Attention! The monkeys are coming! (LP) | ||||
| 1976 | Psalm 23 (The Lord is my Shepherd) | Wetzlar girls' choir | Helga Becker, Ulrike Wetter, Annette Kriese | LP "Warning! The monkeys are coming! " | LP "Hell shines the sun", CD "The Lord is my Shepherd" | ||
| 1976 | O Bethlehem, you little town | Wetzlar girls' choir | Ulrike Weather | LP "Warning! The monkeys are coming! " | LP "Be happy, you children" | ||
| 1976 | Do not be afraid | Wetzlar Children's Choir, Wetzlar Girls Choir | Annette Kriese | Attention! The monkeys are coming! (LP) | |||
| 1976 | We're at the manger | Wetzlar girls' choir | Ulrike Weather | Attention! The monkeys are coming! (LP) | |||
| 1976 | Now sing and be happy | Wetzlar Children's Choir, Wetzlar Girls Choir | Helga Becker | Attention! The monkeys are coming! (LP) | |||
| 1977 | Show me, Lord, your way | Wetzlar girls' choir | Joy is in Heaven (LP) | ||||
| 1977 | Does it seem too cramped in your father's house? | Wetzlar girls' choir | Joy is in Heaven (LP) | ||||
| 1977 | Father, in your house | Wetzlar girls' choir | Fishing forbidden! (LP) | ||||
| 1977 | You went to Golgotha for me | Wetzlar girls' choir | Fishing forbidden! (LP) | ||||
| 1983 | In the sign forest | Wetzlar girls' choir | Green light for everyone (LP) | ||||
| 1983 | Lord Jesus, you went the way | Wetzlar girls' choir | Marianne Lang *, Petra Kaus ** | Green light for everyone (LP) |
* later married Marianne Best; ** later married Petra Heidebrecht |
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| 1983 | Three lights regulate the traffic | Wetzlar girls' choir | Green light for everyone (LP) | ||||
| 1983 | Enter through the narrow gate | Wetzlar girls' choir | Marianne Lang * | Green light for everyone (LP) | * later married Marianne Best | ||
| 1976 | Psalm 138 (I thank you with all my heart) | Doris Loh, Wetzlar Girls Choir | What more do you want (LP) | 2-CD "Margret Birkenfeld - My Favorite Songs" | |||
| 1976 | Sing and pray | Peter, Wetzlar Girls Choir | I'm never alone (LP) | ||||
| 1976 | By grace | Peter, Wetzlar Girls Choir | I'm never alone (LP) | ||||
| 1976 | Ninety-nine of the sheep | Peter & Mutti, Wetzlar Children's Choir, Wetzlar Girls Choir | I'm never alone (LP) | ||||
| 1975 | The light will remain the winner | Christel Menzel-Schrebkowski, Wetzlar Girls Choir | Walk through your life with Jesus (LP) | ||||
| 1975 | Lord make me new | Christel Menzel-Schrebkowski, Wetzlar Girls Choir | Walk through your life with Jesus (LP) | ||||
| 1975 | The Lord is my salvation | Christel Menzel-Schrebkowski, Wetzlar Girls Choir | Walk through your life with Jesus (LP) | ||||
| 1975 | Whoever has Jesus has life | Christel Menzel-Schrebkowski, Wetzlar Girls Choir | Walk through your life with Jesus (LP) | ||||
| 1975 | In the place where we stand | Wetzlar Children's Choir, Wetzlar Girls Choir | Text and music: Margret Birkenfeld | LP "I have a friend in Jesus" | |||
| 1975 | Since I've been walking with Jesus | Wetzlar Children's Choir, Wetzlar Girls Choir | Text and music: Margret Birkenfeld | LP "I have a friend in Jesus" |
Singles
- Put oil in the lamp HSW
- Our song sounds bright. HSW
- Yes, that is joy. HSW
- Now let's be still. HSW
- Play a new song for God. HSW
- You can only experience joy. HSW
- We want to love each other from the heart. HSW
- Go through the gate into a new land. HSW
Participation
- Light in the dark. HSW (with Wilfried Mann and Wetzlar Children's Choir )
Albums
Participation in children's projects
- Swim against the current. HSW, 1973 (with Wetzlar Children's Choir, Wetzlar Chick Choir)
- And happily I go through the day. HSW, 1975 (with Wetzlar Children's Choir, Wetzlar Chick Choir)
- We want to be torchbearers. HSW 1975 (with Wetzlar Children's Choir)
- Lazarus, come out !. HSW, 1976 (with Wilfried Mann and Wetzlar Children's Choir)
- Joy is in heaven. HSW, 1976 (with Wetzlar Children's Choir, Wetzlar Chick Choir)
- Fishing prohibited !. HSW, 1977 (with Wetzlar Children's Choir, Wetzlar Chick Choir)
- Green light for everyone. S&G, 1983 (with Wetzlar Chick Choir, Wetzlar Children's Choir)
Participation in listening concepts from Dr. Thiessen
- Rangda, the enemy of light. HSW 1974
- Attention! The monkeys are coming !. HSW 1976
Participation in other concepts
- I have a friend in Jesus. Guitar songs. HSW, 1976
- And do you ask the clouds. Guitar songs. HSW, 1973
Guest appearances
- Doris Loh : What more do you want? HSW, 1976
- Christel Menzel-Schrebkowski : Walk through your life with Jesus. HSW, 1976
- Peter : I'm never alone. HSW, 1976
Compilations
from own singles:
- Living with Jesus is joy. HSW, 1976 (compilation from single records)
from performed singles and LPs:
- Of all kinds of animals. S&G, 1983 (compilation of four cantatas previously published as singles, together with the Wetzlar Children's Choir and the Wetzlar Chick Choir )
- Yes, God loves all children. The most beautiful children's songs by Margret Birkenfeld. S&G, 1985 (with Wetzlar Chick Choir, Wetzlar Children's Choir)
- Come with me, keep up. Happy children's songs. S&G, 1987 (with Wetzlar Children's Choir)
Sampler
- Be a living fish. The most beautiful songs for teenagers by Margret Birkenfeld. Gerth Medien, 2005 (also with: We sing for Jesus Children's Choir , Wetzlar Children's Choir)
- Margret Birkenfeld: My favorite songs. Gerth Medien, 2006 (also with: Helga Becker , Doris Loh , Wilfried Mann , Cantate-Quartett , Wetzlarer Jugendchor etc.)
literature
- Margret Birkenfeld: songs and life stories. Gerth Medien, Asslar 2013, ISBN 978-3-86591-763-8 / Christliche Verlagsgesellschaft, Dillenburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-86353-000-6 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.gerth.de/index.php?id=details&sku=DL933624
- ↑ http://portal-oncken.de/shop/gerthdetails.php?code=938646
- ↑ http://www.gerth.de/index.php?id=details&sku=938646
- ↑ http://www.gerth.de/index.php?id=details&sku=DL939332-1
- ↑ http://lesen.de/classic/detail/-/art/Margret-Birkenfeld-Meine-sch%F6nsten-Lieder/hnum/6637976