Jan Vering (1954 – 1 January 2021) was a German

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singer, newspaper editor and

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at the Apollo Theater in Siegen.

Life

Vering was born in

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and grew up in

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. He performed spirituals, gospels and songs by

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in jazz clubs, in youth centres and at

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conventions. In 1983, he took part in a project about

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's "

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" ("Ich habe einen Traum") by writer Christian A. Schwarz and composer

Siegfried Fietz Siegfried Fietz (; born 25 May 1946) is a German singer-songwriter, composer, music producer and sculptor. He is known for songs of the genre Neues Geistliches Lied, particularly his setting of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's poem " Von guten Mächten". Ca ...

. He often performed with the pianist

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and the guitarist Werner Hucks. Vering appeared as a singer for 18 years, performing more than 2500 concerts in Europe. In 1989, he began to work as a journalist for the in Siegen. He turned to a position as

at the new Apollo-Theater in 2007, retiring 10 years later. Vering died in a nursing home in

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on the night of 1 January 2021.

Work

Books

* ''Zeugen zur Sache''.

Hänssler Hänssler-Verlag is a German music publishing house founded in 1919 as Musikverlag Hänssler by Friedrich Hänssler Senior (died 1972) to publish church music. The company is now based in Holzgerlingen. Since 1972 Hänssler Verlag has also publish ...

, Holzgerlingen 1981 * ''Ein Lesebuch''. Oncken, Kassel 1988 * ''Siegfried Fietz – Von guten Mächten und bewegten Zeiten'' (biography of

) Gerth Medien, Asslar 2011, . * ''Aufbruch wagen: Skulputen, Bilder. Kunstbroschüre''. Abakus Musik Barbara Fietz, Greifenstein 2012

Audio books

* ''Liedbeschreibung''. , Wetzlar 1988 * ''Zeugen zur Sache''. ERF-Verlag, Wetzlar 1988 * ''Biografie von Siegfried Fietz: Von guten Mächten und bewegten Zeiten.'' Abakus Musik, Greifenstein 2017

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vering, Jan 1954 births 2021 deaths German gospel singers German newspaper editors German dramatists and playwrights