Eugen Eckert
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Eugen Eckert (born 1954) is a German social worker, minister, singer-songwriter and academic teacher. He is known for his lyrics for new spiritual songs (Neues Geistliches Lied), and his oratorios and musical plays.
Career
Born in
Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main
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Eckert wrote from 1976 lyrics of
Arbeitskreis Kirchenmusik und Jugendseelsorge im Bistum Limburg from 1980. When Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, then the bishop, dismissed its president Patrick Dehm as director of the "Haus der Begegnung",[5] Eckert resigned to express his protest.[4]
Eckert is a founding member and vice president of the ecumenical association inTAKT, founded on 8 April 2013 to promote Neues Geistliches Lied.[6]
Selected works
Eckert wrote the lyrics for more than 1000 songs of the genre Neues Geistliches Lied, oratorios and musical plays. Several songs have been included in the Protestant hymnal Evangelisches Gesangbuch and the Catholic hymnal Gotteslob.[6]
Oratorios
- Hiob, 1994, music: Jürgen Blume
- Daniel, 1996, music: Thomas Gabriel
- Emmaus, 2002, music: Gabriel
- Simeon, 2007, music: Gabriel
- Eleasar, 2008, music: Gerd-Peter Münden
- Junia, 2010, music: Gabriel
- Und dann war Licht, 2013, Merseburger Orgeltage, music: Gabriel
- Maria, 2014, music: Gabriel, premiered 29 March 2014, Evangelische Friedenskirche, Ratingen
- Feuerzungen, 2014, music: Peter Reulein, premiered 7 June 2014, Liebfrauen, Frankfurt
- So lang hier stehet Stein auf Stein, 2016, in memory of 350 years plague in Flörsheim
- Bruder Martin, 2017, Luther oratorio, music: Gabriel, premiered on 17 September 2017, open air in Tecklenburg
- Eins, 2021, Ecumenical oratorio for Ökumenischer Kirchentag 2021, text with Helmut Schlegel
Songs
- "Besser als ich noch", 1999, music: Horst Christill
- "Bewahre uns, Gott", music: Anders Ruuth
- "Da wohnt ein Sehnen tief in uns", translation of "There is a longing" ba Anne Quigley
- "Eingeladen zum Fest des Glaubens", music: Alejandro Veciana
- "Fürwahr, er trug unsre Krankheit", music: from Chile
- "Gott, deine Liebe reicht weit", music: Winfried Heurich
- "Gott, der du warst und bist und bleibst", music: Herbert Heine (1993)
- "Gott hat mir längst einen Engel gesandt", music: Thomas Gabriel
- "Jesus Christus, Sohn des Lebens", music: Peter Reulein
- "Ich lasse dich nicht", music: Reulein, song competition of the Ökumenischer Kirchentag] in Berlin 2003
- "Lamm Gottes, für uns gegeben", music: Christill
- "Meine engen Grenzen", music: Heurich and Gerhard Fleischer
- "Ob ich sitze oder stehe ("Von allen Seiten umgibst du mich"), music: Torsten Hampel
- "Sehnsucht nach dem ganz Anderen", music: Ludger Stühlmeyer
- "Wäre Gesanges voll unser Mund", music: Veciana
- "Was mein Herz schwer macht", music: Jürgen Kandziora
- "Weite Räume meine Füßen", music: Veciana
- "Wir haben seinen Stern gesehen", music: Reulein
- "Wo die Liebe wohnt", music: Veciana
References
- ^ a b "Eugen Eckert" (in German). Wildenloh-Verlag. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ^ "Eugen Eckert" (in German). Frankfurt University. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ^ "Eugen Eckert" (in German). evangelisch.de. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ^ a b c "Eckert, Eugen" (in German). Strube Verlag. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ^ "Brief von Priestern und Mitarbeiter/innen des Bistums Limburg an Bischof Tebartz-van Elst" (PDF) (in German). IKVU. 20 September 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ^ a b "Eugen Eckert" (in German). neuesgeistlicheslied.de. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
External links
- Literature by and about Eugen Eckert in the German National Library catalogue
- Habakuk
- Wo Blumen den Asphalt aufbrechen gesangbuch-lieder.de