TAKT


TAKT is a group of writers and composers of new songs for use in Christian churches, initiated in 1947. The genre which the members promoted was later called Neues Geistliches Lied. The name is short for TextAutor/innen- und Komponist/innen-Tagung, a name that the group adopted in 1997.

History

A monthly publication, first issued in 1946 was Unser Monatslied, initiated by, a Protestant church musician from Stuttgart, as an ecumenical approach to more new music for church use. In 1947 a group of the Catholic Church was founded, Werkgemeinschaft Lied und Musik, which held annual conventions. In 1950, a Protestant group was founded, Arbeitsgemeinschaft für evangelische Jugendmusik.
From 1971, ecumenical annual meetings of members of both groups were held, initiated by the two presidents, Joachim Schwarz and Johannes Aengenvoort. From 1979 to 1989, the annual meetings were at Knivsberg in Denmark, which enabled people from East Germany to attend. After the unification of Germany, the meetings were held in Germany, organized by the group.
Many songs by members of the group have been included in hymnals, including the Catholic Gotteslob and the Protestant Evangelisches Gesangbuch. Many songs were tried first at events such as Kirchentag and Katholikentag. The group published a collection of songs for the Kirchentag in Cologne 2007, Singen, um gehört zu werden, with 119 songs from three decades.

Songs

Well-known songs in the genre NGL by members of TAKT include:
  • "Ausgang und Eingang"
  • "Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied"
  • "Auf Erden Gast sein"
  • "Wer bringt dem Menschen, der blind ist, das Licht"
  • "Der Himmel geht über allen auf"
  • "Wenn das rote Meer grüne Welle hat"
  • "Gott gab uns Atem"
  • "Komm, Herr, segne uns"
  • "Ein Lied hat die Freude sich ausgedacht"
  • "Freunde, dass der Mandelzweig wieder blüht und treibt"

Members

Members have included:

Writers

Composers

Literature

  • Arnim Juhre : Singen, um gehört zu werden. Jugenddienst-Verlag, Wuppertal 1976,.
  • Susanne Brandt, Frank Fockele, Hartmut Handt, Arnim Juhre, Klaus-Uwe Nommensen, Hartmut Reußwig und Lothar Veit : Singen, um gehört zu werden. Neue Lieder aus drei Jahrzehnten. Strube, München 2007.