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Adolf Lohmann
Adolf Lohmann (10 January 1907 – 19 October 1983) was a German music educator and a composer of sacred music. Several of his hymn melodies are part of the Catholic hymnal ''Gotteslob''. Career Born in Düsseldorf, Lohmann worked there as a music teacher and ''Fachberater für Schulmusik'' (advisor for school music). In 1937, he was moved to Goch by the Nazi ''Kultusbehörde''.Adolf Lohmann
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He returned to Düsseldorf in 1949. Lohmann conducted several choirs, including youth choirs. He organizes continued education in music and training of choral conductors, often at . He composed melodies for several hymns by

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Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in the state and the seventh-largest city in Germany, with a population of 617,280. Düsseldorf is located at the confluence of two rivers: the Rhine and the Düssel, a small tributary. The ''-dorf'' suffix means "village" in German (English cognate: ''thorp''); its use is unusual for a settlement as large as Düsseldorf. Most of the city lies on the right bank of the Rhine. Düsseldorf lies in the centre of both the Rhine-Ruhr and the Rhineland Metropolitan Region. It neighbours the Cologne Bonn Region to the south and the Ruhr to the north. It is the largest city in the German Low Franconian dialect area (closely related to Dutch). Mercer's 2012 Quality of Living survey ranked Düsseldorf the sixth most livable city in the world. Düsse ...
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Gotteslob
''Gotteslob'' ("Praise of God") is the title of the hymnbook authorized by the Catholic dioceses in Germany, Austria, South Tyrol, Luxembourg and Liège, Belgium. First published in Advent 2013, it is the current official hymnal for German-speaking Catholics, succeeding the first common German hymnal, the 1975 edition of the same name. Each diocese published a book containing a common section and a regional section. The first editions amounted to around 4 million copies. History ''Gotteslob'' was developed as a sequel of the first common German hymnal, ''Gotteslob'' of 1975. It was developed over a period of 10 years by around 100 experts, who studied the use of hymns, conducting surveys and running tests in selected congregations. ''Gotteslob'' was published by Catholic dioceses in Germany, Austria, South Tyrol, and is also used by German-speaking parishes in Luxembourg and the Diocese of Liège, Belgium. It was introduced from Advent 2013, beginning on 1 December. It is ...
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Goch
Goch (; archaic spelling: Gog, Dutch: Gogh) is a town in the district of Kleve, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated close to the border with the Siebengewald in Netherlands, approx. south of Kleve, and southeast of Nijmegen. History Goch is at least 750 years old: the earliest mention of Goch is in a document dated 1259. It was a part of the Duchy of Cleves. During World War II, the city was completely destroyed by Allied bombers during Operation Veritable. Twin towns – sister cities Goch is twinned with: * Andover, England, United Kingdom * Meierijstad, Netherlands (formerly Veghel) * Nowy Tomyśl, Poland * Redon, France Notable people * Otto III (980–1002), Holy Roman Emperor * Johannes von Goch (c. 1400–1475), Medieval theologian * Maarten Schenck van Nydeggen (1540–1589), military commander in the Netherlands * Francisco de Moncada (1586–1635), Spanish author, military leader, and governor of the Spanish Netherlands, died here * Aenne Biermann ...
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Haus Altenberg
Haus Altenberg is a house for education and meetings of young people (''Jugendbildungsstätte'') of the Diocese of Cologne, located in Altenberg, now part of Odenthal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was the centre of the Katholische Jugendbewegung in Germany from 1926 to 1954, interrupted only during World War II. Owned by the diocese, it is run by the association ''Jugendbildungsstätte Haus Altenberg''. History The abbey around the Altenberger Dom, founded in 1133, was closed in 1803. In 1863, a house called "Erzbischöfliche Villa" was built adjacent to the church. developed the house from 1926 to a centre of the (Catholic youth movement) for the training of young men for work with groups of young people. He declared the statue of Mary in the church as ''Königin des Bundes'' (Queen of the union). From 1934, Catholic youth organisations were gradually restricted by the Nazi regime to strictly religious actions. They focused therefore on light processions and pilgrimag ...
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Georg Thurmair
Georg Thurmair (7 February 1909 – 20 January 1984) was a German poet who wrote around 300 hymns, a writer, journalist and author of documentary films. Career Born in Munich, he took commercial training and worked from 1926 as a secretary at the . He became an assistant to who had worked in Munich from 1923, but moved to Düsseldorf when he was elected president of the ''Katholischer Jungmännerverband Deutschlands''. Thurmair studied at the Düsseldorf Abendgymnasium. In 1932 Thurmair edited at a national meeting of the several editions of the weekly ''Junge Front'', which was directed against the emerging National Socialism. The Nazis claimed the title, and it had to be renamed ''Michael'' in 1935, and was banned in 1936. Thurmair worked on two songbooks of the ''Jungmännerverband'', ' and ''Das gelbe Singeschiff''. From 1934, Thurmair was an editor of the youth journal ''Die Wacht'', which first published in 1935 his hymns " Nun, Brüder, sind wir frohgemut" (known as the ...
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Kirchenlied
''Kirchenlied'' ("Church song") is a German Catholic hymnal published in 1938. It was a collection of 140 old and new songs, including hymns by Protestant authors. It was the seed for a common Catholic hymnal which was realised decades later, in the ''Gotteslob'' (1975). History ''Kirchenlied'' was published in 1938 by , Adolf Lohmann and Georg Thurmair. It was a collection of 140 songs from different periods, starting in the 16th century, and it included several Protestant songs as well as ten of Thurmair's own songs. Known as the "Standard Songbook", it was designed to be a common hymnal for German-speaking Catholics. ''Kirchenlied'' was published first by the , subtitled ''Eine Auslese geistlicher Lieder für die Jugend'' ("A selection of sacred songs for youth"). The hymnal, unlike other publications by Thurmair, was not immediately banned by the Nazis, because of its many Protestant songs. From the fourth edition, the subtitle was shortened to "Eine Auslese geistlicher Lied ...
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Dein Lob, Herr, Ruft Der Himmel Aus
"" (Your Praise, Lord, Heaven proclaims) is a German Catholic hymn. Adolf Lohmann adapted a 1659 hymn by the Jesuit astronomer Albert Curtz, who paraphrased Psalm 19. The melody appeared in Augsburg in 1669. It was No. 1 in the 1938 hymnal ''Kirchenlied'' and is part of the German Catholic hymnal ''Gotteslob'' as GL 381. History Adolf Lohmann wrote the song "" as a revision of a hymn by the Jesuit astronomer Albert Curtz, published in 1659 as a paraphrase of Psalm 19 (The heavens declare the glory of God). The melody was taken from an Augsburg hymnal from 1669. The song expresses the praise of the created world for the Creation. The song was included as No. 1 in the 1938 hymnal ''Kirchenlied'' by Georg Thurmair and Lohmann, leading the first section of praise, titled "Großer Gott, wir loben dich". In the first common Catholic hymnal, the 1975 ''Gotteslob'', the song appeared as GL 263.
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Albert Curtz
Albert Curtz (''Curtius'' in Latin; 1600, Munich – December 19, 1671, Munich), was a German astronomer and member of the Society of Jesus. He expanded on the works of Tycho Brahe and used the pseudonym of ''Lucius Barrettus''. Background The Latin version of the name Albert Curtz, Albertus Curtius is an anagram of his pseudonym, Lucius Barretus. Together with Johann Deckers, Kepler, Francesco Maria Grimaldi, and Jean-Baptiste Riccioli, he contributed to our early understanding of the Moon. He published ''Historia coelestis x libris commentariis manuscriptis observationum vicennalium viri generosi Tichonis Brahe''and ''Augustae Vindelicorum, Simonem Utzschneiderum'' in 1666. The crater Curtius on the Moon was named after him. References See also *List of Jesuit scientists *List of Roman Catholic scientist-clerics A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate divis ...
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Psalm 19
Psalm 19 is the 19th psalm in the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork." In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate translations of the Bible, this psalm is Psalm 18. The Latin version begins "Caeli enarrant gloriam Dei". The psalm is attributed to David. The psalm considers the glory of God in creation, and moves to reflect on the character and use of " the law of the ". Psalm 1, this psalm and Psalm 119 have been referred to as "the psalms of the Law". It forms a regular part of Jewish, Catholic, Anglican, Eastern Orthodox Church and Protestant liturgies. It has often been set to music, notably by Heinrich Schütz, by Johann Sebastian Bach who began a cantata with its beginning, by Joseph Haydn, who based a movement from ''Die Schöpfung'' on the psalm, and by Beethoven, who set a paraphrase by Gellert in "Die Himmel rühmen de ...
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Singt Dem Herrn Ein Neues Lied (1941)
"" ("Sing a New Song unto the Lord") is a Christian hymn in German. It was written by Georg Alfred Kempf, a Protestant pastor in Alsace, in 1941. With a 1956 melody by Adolf Lohmann, it is part of the common German Catholic hymnal ''Gotteslob'' (2013). History Georges Alfred Kempf was born on 10 December 1916 in Val d'Ajo, Département des Vosges, Alsace, the son of farmers in the mountains (''Bergbauern''). As a young farmer, he entered the Hermannsburg Mission Seminary in Lower Saxony, and studied Protestant theology further in Erlangen, Tübingen and Strasbourg. He was pastor in several villages in Alsace. From 1946, he published ''Fraternité Evangélique'', an illustrated monthly paper, and from 1962 to 1978 ''Le Messager Évangélique'', a weekly church paper. He was leader of a Jugendspielschar (theatre group of young people) and wrote several plays about Biblical scenes for them. Kempf died in Ingwiller, Alsace, on 24 March 2013. He wrote the poem "" in 1941. At the ti ...
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Nun, Brüder, Sind Wir Frohgemut
"" (Now, brothers, we are cheerful) is a German Catholic hymn. It was written by Georg Thurmair as both a pilgrimage song and a Marian hymn. The melody was composed by Adolf Lohmann, who wrote a choral setting in 1936. Related to youth pilgrimages to an image of Mary at the Altenberger Dom, it is also known as "" (Altenberg pilgrimage song). The song is regarded as an (Oppositional song), in subtle protest against the Nazi regime. In the process of adapting the text to gender-neutral language, the first line has been changed, replacing "brothers" by "we all", "friends" or "Christians". Several regional sections of the Catholic hymnal ''Gotteslob'' offer alternatives. It is "" in the Diocese of Hamburg, GL 902, "" in the Diocese of Münster of 1996, GL 875, and "" in the Diocese of Limburg, GL 878. History Haus Altenberg next to the Altenberger Dom was founded in 1922 as a meeting place for Catholic youth by Carl Mosterts. His successor made it in 1926 the centre of the Cath ...
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German Music Educators
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