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Horst Christill (born 1959) is a German church musician and composer of sacred music, especially hymns of the genre Neues Geistliches Lied (NGL).
Life and career
Born in Annweiler am Trifels, Christill first studied from 1976 music pedagogy, focused on piano, at the Musikhochschule Saarbrücken, completing with the concert exam in 1983. He then studied Catholic church music at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, completing with the A exam in 1988. He was church musician in Dornburg-Frickhofen, working also as Bezirkskantor for the district within the Diocese of Limburg. He was pianist and keyboard player of the band Habakuk from 1995 to 1999, recording several albums.He was church musician at the Wetzlar Cathedral which is used by a Catholic parish and a Protestant parish, from 1996 to 2018, again also as Bezirkskantor. He was also a member of the group for church music aimed at young people in the diocese. From 2019, Christill has worked at the Marienkirche in Landau, also as Dekanatskantor and responsible for Neues Geistliches Lied (NGL) in the Diocese of Speyer.
Work
Christill composed the music for many new hymns by Eugen Eckert, including:
References
External links
"Von David, Saul und Goliat" – Kindermusical (Eckert/Christill) on YouTube
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- Horst Christill
- Von guten Mächten
- Lamm Gottes, für uns gegeben
- Huub Oosterhuis
- Weite Räume meinen Füßen
- Dieser Tag ist Christus eigen
- Eingeladen zum Fest des Glaubens
- Wäre Gesanges voll unser Mund
- Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele
- Auf dem Weg durch diese Nacht
