Martin Rößler, also Martin Rössler (1934 – 31 October 2024), was a German church musician, Protestant theologian,

music director A music director, musical director or director of music is a person responsible for the musical aspects of a performance, production, or organization. This would include the artistic director and usually chief conductor of an orchestra or concert ...

and university lecturer in

Tübingen Tübingen (; ) is a traditional college town, university city in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, and developed on both sides of the Neckar and Ammer (Neckar), Ammer rivers. about one in ...

Career

Born in

Pforzheim Pforzheim () is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city of over 125,000 inhabitants in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, in the southwest of Germany. It is known for its jewelry and watch-making industry, and as such has gained the ...

, Rößler studied church music and Protestant theology. He was music director in the

Tübinger Stift The Tübinger Stift () is a hall of residence and teaching; it is owned and supported by the Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Württemberg, and located in the university city of Tübingen, in South West Germany. The Stift was founded as an Augu ...

and was active in the training of theologians. After working in the parish offices in

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near Tübingen and near

Reutlingen Reutlingen (; ) is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the capital of the eponymous Reutlingen (district), district of Reutlingen. As of June 2018, it had an estimated population of 116,456. Reutlingen has a Reutlingen University, univ ...

, he taught

liturgy Liturgy is the customary public ritual of worship performed by a religious group. As a religious phenomenon, liturgy represents a communal response to and participation in the sacred through activities reflecting praise, thanksgiving, remembra ...

and

hymnology Hymnology (from Greek ὕμνος ''hymnos'', "song of praise" and -λογία ''-logia'', "study of") is the scholarly study of religious song, or the hymn, in its many aspects, with particular focus on choral and congregational song. It may be m ...

at the Protestant theological faculty of the

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Activity

Rößler was a collaborator to the

Evangelisches Gesangbuch ''Evangelisches Gesangbuch'' (''EG''; , "Protestantism, Protestant song book") is the current hymnal of German-language congregations in Germany, Alsace and Lorraine, Austria, and Luxembourg, which was introduced from 1993 and 1996, succeeding ...

for the

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and for the

Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Württemberg The Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Württemberg () is a Lutheran member church of the Protestant Church in Germany in the German former state of Württemberg, now part of the state of Baden-Württemberg. The seat of the church is in Stuttgart. It ...

. As a preacher, Rößler published the highly acclaimed ', in which the theology, poetry and history of individual hymnbook verses were worked out. Rößler became known for his portrayal of melodists and poets of Christian hymnbooks. Various biographies have been worked up by Rößler according to historical criteria and today they often form the basis for the short biographies that have been published in all major hymnbooks. On the other hand, Rößler investigated the origin and development of hymnbooks, beginning with the

Reformation The Reformation, also known as the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation, was a time of major Theology, theological movement in Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the p ...

. In his Bronnweiler sermon volume Rößler as hymnologist published selected examples for the genre of a ''Liedpredigtde''.

Publications

* (as editor): ''

Karl Ludwig Gerok Karl Ludwig Wilhelm Gerok (27 January 1906 – 28 June 1975) was a German organist, composer and organ teacher. Career Karl Ludwig Gerok was born in Obersontheim, Oberfischach, the grandson of , a Stuttgart prelate and preacher (''Oberhofpre ...

: "Lehrgang der Orgelimprovisation"''. Hänssler, Neuhausen-Stuttgart, 1976. * ''Die Liedpredigt. Geschichte einer Predigtgattung''. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1976. * ''„Da Christus geboren war“ ... Texte, Typen und Themen des deutschen Weihnachtsliedes''. Calwer, Stuttgart 1981, . * ''Bist du es, der da kommen soll? Hagellocher Predigten nach Texten aus dem Matthäusevangelium''. Tübingen 1982, . * ''Festgedanken. Bronnweiler Predigten zum Kirchenjahr'', Katzmann, Tübingen 1990, . * ''Liedermacher im Gesangbuch''. Volume 1. Calwer, Stuttgart 1990, . * ''Liedermacher im Gesangbuch''. Volume 2. Calwer, Stuttgart 1990, . * ''Liedermacher im Gesangbuch''. Volume 3. Calwer, Stuttgart 1991, . * ''Liedermacher im Gesangbuch. Liedgeschichte in Lebensbildern.'' Calwer, Stuttgart 2001, . * ''Geistliches Lied und kirchliches Gesangbuch''. Munich 2007, . * ''Psalter und Harfe, wacht auf – Liedpredigten''. Calwer, Stuttgart 2009, . * ''Die Wittenbergisch Nachtigall – Martin Luther und seine Lieder.'' Calwer, Stuttgart 2015, . * ''„Nicht klagen sollst du: loben!“ – Jochen Klepper – Leben und Lieder.''''Nicht klagen sollst du: loben! – Jochen Klepper – Leben und Lieder.''
on WorldCat Calwer, Stuttgart 2017, . * Editor with : ''Große Predigten. 2000 Jahre Gottes Wort und christlicher Protest''. Lambert Schneider, Darmstadt 2015, .

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rossler, Martin 1934 births 2024 deaths 20th-century German Lutheran clergy 21st-century Lutheran clergy German opinion journalists German music directors People from Pforzheim