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 [de].
Born in Telgte, Peter Janssens was the last of nine children and grew up in rural surroundings.
[1] Janssens studied musicology, sociology and history at the Musikhochschule Köln, graduating as a music educator in 1958.
He was active at the Bad Hersfelder Festspiele, both in the direction and in performing his own pieces,[1] In 1964/65, he was director of music, composer, pianist and actor at the Deutsche Kammerspiele in Buenos Aires.
[2] From 1962, Janssens composed religious songs of the genre later called Neues Geistliches Lied, beat masses and later musicals.