Otto Abel (24 October 1905 – 21 September 1977) was a German organist, Kantor, composer, Verlagslektor und evangelischer .

Life

Born in Berlin, von 1930 bis 1970 Abel was Kantor and organist at the Immanuelkirche in

Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg Prenzlauer Berg () is a locality of Berlin, forming the southerly and most urban district of the borough of Pankow. From its founding in 1920 until 2001, Prenzlauer Berg was a district of Berlin in its own right. However, that year it was incorp ...

. From 1959 also Regional Church Music Director for the Eastern Region of the Evangelical Church in Berlin, Brandenburg and Silesian Upper Lusatia and from 1956 Church Music Editor at the Evangelische Verlagsanstalt in

East Berlin East Berlin was the ''de facto'' capital city of East Germany from 1949 to 1990. Formally, it was the Allied occupation zones in Germany, Soviet sector of Berlin, established in 1945. The American, British, and French sectors were known as ...

. Abel composed several church songs and works for the organ. He died on a journey in Tettnang, Baden-Württemberg.

Some compositions

* '' Angels We Have Heard on High'' (translation from French) ( EG 54, 418) * '' Von guten Mächten treu und still umgeben'' (Melody and movement 1959, texte by Dietrich Bonhoeffer 1944) ( EG 65, Gesangbuch der Evangelisch-reformierten Kirchen der deutschsprachigen Schweiz 353, Katholisches Gesangbuch der deutschsprachigen Schweiz 554) * '' O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf''; Little Advent cantata for soprano, three-part mixed choir with flute, oboe and organ with cello ''ad libitum''; published by Evangelische Verlagsanstalt in Berlin; 1956 * ''Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut;'' Cantata for mixed choir, string quartet and organ; published by the Evangelische Verlagsanstalt in Berlin; 1957 * ''Mein Gott, mein Gott, warum hast du mich verlassen ?;'' Motet for three-part mixed choir * ''Ich hebe meine Augen auf;'' Texte: Psalm 121, 1-3,8; for four-part mixed choir

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Abel, Otto (composer) 1905 births 1977 deaths Musicians from Berlin 20th-century German composers 20th-century hymnwriters German classical organists