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A fact from Herr, wir bringen in Brot und Wein appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 21 November 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Latest comment: 3 years ago6 comments2 people in discussion
In which way did Huub Oosterhuis contribute to this song, and on which of his texts are the lyrics based? I have got Peter Janssens' original songbook "Meine Lieder" lying on my desk, which is crediting Hans Bernhard Meyer alone for the lyrics. Also in the official GEMA record (GEMA-Werk.-Nr: 1474222-001; ISWC: T-801.679.768-6) Meyer is mentioned as the only lyricist. Wikipedia articles should be based on reliable sources, instead of some unaudited internet pages. – The song btw was written in 1969 as part of "Gute Nachricht für alle Völker" (Innsbrucker Universitätsmesse) celebrating Innsbruck university's tricentannial, and first published in 1970 DNB-IDN575109777; OCLC72273230, see peter janssens musik verlag. --FordPrefect42 (talk) 21:44, 9 May 2021 (UTC)Reply
Two sources mention Oosterhuis. I don't know more. Some inspiration perhaps, not GEMA-relevant?? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:08, 9 May 2021 (UTC)Reply
It seems that the "Freiburger Chorbuch" (Carus Verlag) is the original source for this information, and that both websites have copied it from there. I do not have it at hand, but I hope I can check it this week in the library. I assume that information about the original author would definitively be GEMA-relevant, so I consider the GEMA-record accurate. Hans Bernhard Meyer was professor of liturgy in Innsbruck the time he wrote the mass lyrics (see [1]), so one would expect him to be able to conceive such a text without external inspiration (although Oosterhuis was a fellow Jesuit of Meyer at that time). In Meyer's publications catalogue (p. 12) the mass is credited to him and Janssens, no mention of Oosterhuis. --FordPrefect42 (talk) 22:44, 9 May 2021 (UTC)Reply
That - Meyer writing it - was the information I had when beginning the article. When I saw the other, I felt it was wrong not to include it, especially as Oosterhuis has an article where readers can find background, and Meyer doesn't. I may have been wrong. Could you perhaps write Meyer's article? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:56, 10 May 2021 (UTC)Reply
Perhaps the inspiration was only for what became the refrain, - not the complete song? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:00, 10 May 2021 (UTC)Reply
Meyer has an article on de:, should not be too hard to translate it. I do not think I have any more information about him. Regarding Oosterhuis, I am pretty sure this is misinformation. I cannot prove it right now, but I am working on finding the truth. --FordPrefect42 (talk) 21:31, 10 May 2021 (UTC)Reply
