Martin Hermann (Tenor)

Born: April 6, 1927 - Schlat, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Died: June 23, 2000 - Bad Cannstatt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

The German tenor and pastor, Martin Hermann, was the son of Pastor Johannes Hermann. He passed his first theological examination in 1952 and his second in 1954. From 1959 he worked as a pastor at the Auferstehungskirche II, which was renamed Kreuzkirche in 1965, until he retired in 1992.

In the 8^th State Synod (1972-1977) Martin Hermann was appointed as the 1^st substitute member of the Ludwigsburg-Marbach electoral district, and as a member of the 9^th State Synod (1978-1983). From 1978 he was a deputy member of the State Church Committee. In the 11^th State Synod (1990-1995) he was chairman of the Theological Committee, from 1991 1^st Deputy Member of the EKD Synod and from 1992 chairman of the ad hoc committee "Feminist Theology".

Through his position on the Theological Committee, Martin Hermann followed in the tradition of his grandfather, the Stuttgart prelate Theodor von Hermann, who was instrumental in the 1910 hymnal, and his uncle, Dean Theodor Hermann Jr. in Esslingen, who, as chairman of the Theological Committee, had introduced the 1953 hymnal to the Synod.

Source:
Württembergische Kirchengeschichte Online (October 2020), English translation by Aryeh Oron (February 2025)
Bits & pieces from other sources
Contributed by Friend (February 2025)

Martin Hermann: Short Biography | Bach Discography: Recordings of Vocal Works under his name

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

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Works

Wolfgang Gönnenwein

Tenor

[V-4] (1969, 3LP/2-CD) BWV 245

Links to other Sites

D 101 Nachlass Martin Hermann - Nachlass Martin Hermann (1951-1998) (Württembergische Kirchengeschichte Online) [German]