| "Wo ein Mensch Vertrauen gibt" | |
|---|---|
| Christian poem and hymn | |
| Written | 1975 |
| Text | by Hans-Jürgen Netz |
| Language | German |
| Melody | by Winfried Heurich |
| Composed | 1976 |
"Wo ein Mensch Vertrauen gibt" (Where a person gives trust) is a Christian hymn with text by Hans-Jürgen Netz, written in 1974, with a melody by Winfried Heurich and Fritz Baltruweit. The song of the genre Neues Geistliches Lied was included in hymnals and songbooks.
History
The text was written by Hans-Jürgen Netz in 1974. The text has been set to music by Winfried Heurich and Fritz Baltruweit in 1974.[1] The song has short stanzas of four lines each, all giving a condition, ending in the same two lines "fällt ein Tropfen von dem Regen / der aus Wüsten Gärten macht" (then a drop falls of the rain that turns deserts to gardens).[2]
The song of the genre Neues Geistliches Lied was included in the German Catholic hymnal Gotteslob in 2013,[1] in the Diocese of Limburg as GL 839.[3] It became EG 638 in the Protestant hymnal Evangelisches Gesangbuch.[2] It was also added to other songbooks including Junges Gotteslob, the hymnal for young people, and other collections for young people.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 "Wo ein Mensch Vertrauen gibt". evangeliums.net (in German). Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- 1 2 "Ich habe einen Traum / Rundfunkgottesdienst aus der Martinskirche Pfullingen". rundfunk.evangelisch.de (in German). 14 June 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ↑ "Numerisches Verzeichnis der Gesänge im GL 2013 mit Hinweis auf enthaltene Gesänge des GL 1974" (PDF) (in German). Diocese of Limburg. 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2017.