![]() ![]() The song is made up of short words of one or two syllables, the only word of three syllables being "Bethlehem". The composition of the German text, in four stanzas of four lines each, is concise, modeled on poets such as Otto Riethmüller or Rudolf Alexander Schröder. The star is addressed, requested to show the way ("zeig uns den Weg"), and in the final stanza to also shine at home, remembering the visit in Bethlehem. In this song, the circuit of the magi in the village takes on a spiritual dimension. The text is based on the biblical story of the magi led by a star, which is enacted by singers dressed up as Kings or magi, who cross the German and Alsatian villages singing songs around Epiphany. The song is part of the movement Neues Geistliches Lied, a revival of church music in Germany inspired by the Second Vatican Council. The song title was chosen as the title of a collection of Christmas songs for guitar by Bosworth. The song is frequently sung by star singers who go from house to house collecting donations for development projects. Several choral books and song books have it in their Christmas section, including Cantate II by the Werkstatt Neues Geistliches Lied Bamberg. In the current Gotteslob, it is part of the common section as GL 261. ![]() The song became popular in children's choirs and was included in regional sections of the current Protestant hymnal Evangelisches Gesangbuch (EG) and the 1975 edition of the Catholic hymnal Gotteslob. Zoller wrote the lyrics and melody of the song in 1964, in response to the third competition of the Evangelische Akademie Tutzing to promote Neues Geistliches Lied, songs for younger audiences which incorporate elements of jazz and entertaining music. The carol's composer, Alfred Hans Zoller was a jazz pianist and church musician who founded a gospel choir in Reutti near Neu-Ulm, while trying to introduce gospel music in church singing. Used by star singers around Epiphany, it has become a popular song and is part of many German hymnals and songbooks. Stern über Bethlehem (Star above Bethlehem) is a German sacred Christmas carol which Alfred Hans Zoller created in 1964 in the genre Neues Geistliches Lied. Star singers, who frequently sing the song, in 2014 ![]()
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