Helmut Kickton (born 28 June 1956 in

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) is a German church musician, publisher and

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. Kickton studied

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at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in

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with Hans-Dieter Möller and Hartmut Schmidt. In 1986 he passed his examination ( A) with distinction for

improvisation Improvisation, often shortened to improv, is the activity of making or doing something not planned beforehand, using whatever can be found. The origin of the word itself is in the Latin "improvisus", which literally means un-foreseen. Improvis ...

and

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. The following years he learned to play most common instruments. He regularly performs on the organ, recorder,

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cello The violoncello ( , ), commonly abbreviated as cello ( ), is a middle pitched bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), tuned i ...

double bass The double bass (), also known as the upright bass, the acoustic bass, the bull fiddle, or simply the bass, is the largest and lowest-pitched string instrument, chordophone in the modern orchestra, symphony orchestra (excluding rare additions ...

euphonium The euphonium ( ; ; ) is a tenor- and baritone-voiced valved brass instrument. The euphonium is a member of the large family of valved bugles, along with the tuba and flugelhorn, characterised by a wide conical bore. Most instruments have thr ...

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and kettledrums. Since 1987 he has been

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of the ''diakonie church'' in

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. Together with the ''kreuznacher-diakonie-kantorei'' he developed the model of the ''Integrative Kantorei'', which unites voices and instruments. Inspired by historical sources, in 2000 he introduced the layout with the choir in front of the orchestra. In 2002 he founded the ''kantoreiarchiv'' of free digital sheet music. He published more than 20000 fileskantoreiarchiv.imslp.eu
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) for

choir A choir ( ), also known as a chorale or chorus (from Latin ''chorus'', meaning 'a dance in a circle') is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform or in other words ...

orchestra An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * String instruments, such as the violin, viola, cello, ...

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, recorder and

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Compositions

* ''Fuge über zwei Kyriethemen für Sequenzer'' * ''Diptychon über „Ave maris stella“ und „“'' * ''Postludium'' * ''Intrade für 6 Blechbläser über „Veni Creator Spiritus“''

Gallery

Image:Orgel Diakoniekirche.jpg, Great organ of the ''Diakoniekirche'' Image:Helmut Kickton.jpeg, Helmut Kickton Image:Soloquartet and strings.jpg, Soloists of the kreuznacher-diakonie-kantorei (Helmut Kickton double bass) Image:Diakonie-kantorei.jpg, kreuznacher-diakonie-kantorei Image:Gitarre continuo.JPG, Basso continuo (guitar)

References

External links

www.kantoreiarchiv.de

www.kantoreiarchiv.de (Mirror website)
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