Winfried Heurich

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]

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

Life

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
  • "Der Himmel, der ist", 1980, text: Kurt Marti
  • "In uns kreist das Leben", 1987, text: Marti
  • "Meine engen Grenzen", 1981, text: Eugen Eckert
  • "Der Herr wird dich mit seiner Güte segnen", text: Helmut Schlegel
  • "Gott, deine Liebe reicht weit", text: Eckert
  • "Menschenkind, im Stall geboren", text: Eckert
  • "Gebt Zeugnis von der Hoffnung", 1998, text: Eckert
  • "Wunder der Nacht", 1997, text: Eckert
  • "Schnee schmilzt", 1998, text: Eckert, official song for the Katholikentag 1998 in Mainz
  • "Was sein wird", text: Lothar Zenetti
  • "Wir sprechen verschiedene Sprachen", 1972, text: Zenetti
  • "Meines Herzens Dunkel", text: Schlegel
  • "Rosen blühn im Stacheldraht", text: Schlegel
  • "Es bleibt dabei", 1996, text: Arnim Juhre
  • "wir messen mit knospenden zweigen", text: Wilhelm Willms
  • "Wo ein Mensch Vertrauen gibt", 1975, text: Hans-Jürgen Netz
  • "Aus der Armut eines Stalles", text: Juhre

References
  1. "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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