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Winfried Heurich

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Winfried Heurich
Born (1940-02-13) 13 February 1940 (age 84)
Neuhof, Hesse
Occupations
  • Director of church music
  • Composer
  • Academic teacher
Organizations

Winfried Heurich (born 13 February 1940) is a German organist and composer. He was director of church music at Liebfrauen, Frankfurt from 1966 to 2000 and composed music for more than 400 songs.[1]

Life

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Born in Neuhof, Hesse,[1] He took piao lessons from age 10 and organ lessons from age 12.[2] He studied church music at the Musikhochschule Frankfurt from 1962, graduating in 1966. He then became director of church music at Liebfrauen in Frankfurt, holding the position to 2000.[1] In 1973 he composed songs titled Ganz nah ist dein Wort, with new texts by Huub Oosterhuis and Lothar Zenetti. From 1978, he composed many songs on lyrics by Eugen Eckert.[1]

From 1974 to 2000 he led the Arbeitskreis Kirchenmusik und Jugendseelsorge im Bistum Limburg. He lectured at the Musikhochschule Frankfurt from 1986 to 1997.[1]

His song "Der Herr wird dich mit seiner Güte segnen", to a text by Helmut Schlegel, was the most successful German entry to an international competition of the genre Neues Geistliches Lied in 1983 in Rome.[1] He also composed the official song of the Katholikentag 1998 in Mainz, "Schnee schmilzt" (Snow melts) on a text by Eckert.

Songs

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Winfried Heurich feiert seinen 80. Geburtstag". Diocese of Limburg (in German). 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Winfried Heurich". Dehm Verlag (in German). 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
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