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Adolf Burkhardt

Adolf Burkhardt
Adolf Burkhardt, 1992
Short Name: Adolf Burkhardt
Full Name: Burkhardt, Adolf
Birth Year: 1929
Death Year: 2004

Evangelical German pastor, writer, translator (largely of religious songs), ecumenical activist, and one of the most influential and prolific hymnal compilers in Esperanto. He was a member of the editorial committee responsible for the 1971 Protestant hymnal Adoru Kantante, the sole compiler of the ten-installment Tero kaj Ĉielo Kantu (later republished in three volumes), and one of the three members of "Kloster Kirchberg", the editorial board that produced the 2001 ecumenical Esperanto hymnal Adoru - Ekumena Diserva Libro.

Burkhardt was honored in a 368-page Festschrift, Esperante kaj Ekumene, Fest-libro por la 75a naskiĝ-tago de Adolf Burkhardt. With the other members of Kloster Kirchberg, he shared in the 2002 FAME-foundation's Aalener Esperanto-Kulturpreis.

Articles in the Esperanto and German Wikipedias.


TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Texts by Adolf Burkhardt (21)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Al Dio sola estu glor'A. Burkhardt (Translator)Esperanto2
Animo, levu kantonAdolf Burkhardt (Translator)Esperanto1
Blovu trombonon kun laŭta sonor'Adolf Burkhardt (Translator)Esperanto1
Ĉe l' riveroj babilonajAdolf Burkhardt (Translator)Esperanto1
Ĉiuj aĵoj tagaj, ĉioAdolf Burkhardt (Translator)Esperanto2
Dio, min helpu pontojn fariAdolf Burkhardt (Translator)1
Donu nun okulojn kiuj, ho Sinjor'Adolf Burkhardt (Translator)Esperanto1
El Viaj fontoj vivas ni, Sinjor' Jesu'Adolf Burkhardt (Translator)Esperanto1
En Krist' ne estas sud' aŭ nord'Adolf Burkhardt (Translator)Esperanto2
Gloro al Di' en la alto!Adolf Burkhardt (Translator)Esperanto1
Ĝoju do en LiAdolf Burkhardt (Translator)Esperanto, German1
Haleluja, haleluja. Amen, amenAdolf Burkhardt (Adapter)Esperanto1
Ho bela paska tag'! Nun paŝu, hom', al belo!Adolf Burkhardt (Translator)Esperanto1
Homoj, kantu ĝojokanton; dankmotivojn konas viAdolf Burkhardt (Translator)Esperanto3
Honor' kaj laŭd' al nia Di', ĉar patre kun potencoAdolf Burkhardt (Translator, v. 5)Esperanto1
Kiam David' en granda malĝojoAdolf Burkhardt (Translator)1
Kiam vekas nin aŭroroAdolf Burkhardt (Translator)1
Kiel bone estas, glori Vin, Sinjor'A. Burkhardt (Translator)Esperanto1
Laudate omnes gentesAdolf Burkhardt (Translator)Latin1
When great King David, sorely afflictedAdolf Burkhardt (Translator (into Esperanto))English (via Esperanto)1
When the dawn awaking found meAdolf Burkhardt (Translator (Polish to Esperanto))English1
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