MAC No. 13: Stern über Bethlehem

Alfred Hans Zoller (1928 –2006) was a German composer, jazz pianist, church musician and organist. He is known for the 1964 song "Stern über Bethlehem"

Born in Neu-Ulm, Zoller was organist from 1956, then in 1960 also cantor in Reutti near Neu-Ulm. There he founded the "St. Margret Singers", a gospel choir, which contributed to the fact that elements of jazz and "black music" found their way into German Protestant church services. He composed numerous songs in the genre Neues Geistliches Lied.

Published by Dohr in „Kommt mit Gaben und Lobgesang“, Vol. I