"Jazz" in der Kirche
Jazz in the Church was a collective term for a new form of music-making in the realm of the church and the church service in the 1930's. It related to trends which only had little to do with the musical culture of Jazz, but had a programmatic meaning, referring to a development whereby the Spiritual - the so-called new religious song - took on influences of Folklore and Pop music, leading to a new form of liturgic singing. The Evangelic Academy in Tutznig presented an advertisement for a competition in 1961 for new religious songs, which corresponds to and is able to resonate with today's youth and is also influenced by Jazz and entertainment music. The Catholic Church prepared the renewal of the Liturgy through the 2nd Vatican Council with the introduction of the vernacular, and through its challenge to involve the entire community and the various musical cultures actively in the framework of the church service. This prepared the ground for new developments. They were accompanied by widely internal and furious discussions, because through these new forms, the great Western music tradition seemed endangered. The pros and cons of all of these attempts found a wide spectrum of responses in the Church magazines in German-speaking regions. Important stations of the development are mentioned, whereby the large Catholic and Evangelic Church Congresses are included, as well as the influences of the movement from Taizé. Involvement with the new religious song, its arrangement (either replacing or complementing the organ accompaniment) with the influences of Pop culture, etc. are long since part of the curriculum of training programs, upon whose development not only great musicians, but also teachers of religion, youth group representatives and others are working with interest.