Winfried Heurich
Winfried Heurich (born February 13, 1940 in Neuhof (near Fulda) ) is a German organist and composer .
Life
From 1962 to the beginning of 2000 Heurich worked as organist and choirmaster at the Liebfrauenkirche in Frankfurt am Main . In 1968 he composed a Latin mass, which was premiered by his choir. The publisher sent the submitted material back with a valuable recommendation: The editor praised the beautiful melodies and recommended setting German texts to music, because now after the council new, contemporary songs are needed. So in 1973 he published Ganz nah ist dein Wort with new texts by Huub Oosterhuis and Lothar Zenetti .
In 1978 he met the young Eugen Eckert by chance while playing volleyball. Eckert had been playing Neue Geistliche Lieder with his music group HABAKUK for some time and wrote the lyrics himself. A close collaboration and friendship soon developed.
Winfried Heurich has been teaching at the Frankfurt University of Music since 1986. From 1974 to 2000 he was also the managing director of the “Church Music and Youth Pastoral Care” working group in the Diocese of Limburg . His main concern as a composer is to write "singable and swinging songs".
At the worldwide competition of the New Spiritual Song in Rome in 1983, The Lord will bless you with his goodness was voted the best German contribution. Heurich also composed the official song of the 1998 Catholic Day in Mainz ( snow melts , text: Eugen Eckert). He was a member of the lyricists and composers group TAKT .
Compositions
- Heaven that is , 1980, text: Kurt Marti
- Life circles within us , 1987, text: Kurt Marti
- My narrow limits , 1981, text: Eugen Eckert
- God, your love goes far , text: Eugen Eckert
- Human child , born in the stable , text: Eugen Eckert
- Give Testimony of Hope , 1998, Text: Eugen Eckert
- Miracle of the Night , 1997, text: Eugen Eckert
- Snow melts , 1998, text: Eugen Eckert, official song of the 1998 Catholic Day in Mainz
- What will be , text: Lothar Zenetti
- We speak different languages , 1972, text: Lothar Zenetti
- Darkness of my heart , text: Helmut Schlegel
- The Lord will bless you with his goodness , text: Helmut Schlegel
- Roses bloom in barbed wire , text: Helmut Schlegel
- It remains , 1996, text: Arnim Juhre
- we measure with budding branches , text: Wilhelm Willms
- Where a person gives trust , 1974, text: Hans-Jürgen Netz
- Out of the poverty of a stable , text: Arnim Juhre
Machining
- Lord, make me an instrument of your peace , institution of the prayer of St. Francis to the Israeli An'im Sᵉmirot .
Web links
- Works by and about Winfried Heurich in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heurich, Winfried |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German organist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 13, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neuhof (near Fulda) |