Peter Janssens (17 June 1934 – 24 December 1998) was a German musician and composer who wrote and performed incidental music for several theatres, and songs and musicals of the genre Neues Geistliches Lied, a pioneer of Sacropop . He worked at a German theatre in Buenos Aires, set several works by Ernesto Cardenal to music and composed in 1992 a passion music, in memory of 500 years after the European invasion in Latin America. Born in Telgte, Peter Janssens was the last of nine children and grew up in rural surroundings. He attended the gymnasium Paulinum in Münster. Janssens studied musicology, sociology and history at the Musikhochschule Köln, graduating as a music educator in 1958. He continued his studies from 1961 to 1964 at the University of Münster. He worked as répétiteur at the Theater Münster. From 1966, he composed incidental music for the Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf, the Deutsches Theater in Göttingen, Staatstheater Wiesbaden and the Staatstheater Darmstadt, among others. He was active at the Bad Hersfelder Festspiele, both in the direction and in performing his own pieces, In 1964/65, he was director of music, composer, pianist and actor at the Deutsche Kammerspiele in Buenos Aires. From 1966, he lectured on song and chanson at the Folkwangschule. More information...
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