Martin Forciniti (born WenningKurhessisches Diakonissenhaus Kassel: Instrumentalkreis
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) is a German

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ian and

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Life

Forciniti studied

at the

Hochschule für Musik Detmold The Hochschule für Musik Detmold is a university-level music school situated in Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Academics The Hochschule offers performance degrees in composition, all orchestral instruments, piano, voice, opera, ar ...

and at the Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf. He passed the A exam, the concert exam and the music teacher's exam. He first worked as

cantor A cantor or chanter is a person who leads people in singing or sometimes in prayer. Cantor as a profession generally refers to those leading a Jewish congregation, although it also applies to the lead singer or choir director in Christian contexts. ...

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then as cantor in

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near Kassel until May 2005. He has also been involved in radio and television recordings, including

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, ARD,

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and the

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. He was organ expert of the

Evangelical Church of Hesse Electorate-Waldeck The Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck (; EKKW) is a United Protestant church body in former Hesse-Cassel and the Waldeck part of the former Free State of Waldeck-Pyrmont. Constitution The EKKW is a full member of the Protestant Churc ...

until July 2006. Furthermore, he conducted the choirs ''Schola Cantorum Niestetaliensis'', ''Singkreis Kassel-Rothenditmold'' and the Choir for Sacred Music Niestetal. Since 2009, he has been cantor at the Kurhessisches Diakonissenhaus in

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. At the

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he has a lectureship for the subject organ.

Compositions

* ''Drei neue geistliche Lieder für mittlere Stimme und Klavier und /oder Band'', op. 11 * ''Der Kreuzweg - 14 Meditationen über die Kreuzwegstationen für große Orgel'' op. 12 * ''Arrangement des Soundtracks zum Film "Wie im Himmel" für Klavier'' * ''Fantasie über das Thema EwAlD für Klavier'', op. 13 * ''Toccata festiva über das St. Gertrudis Lied "Du zartes Reis aus edlem Stamm" für große Orgel'', op. 14 * ''Horstmarer Orgelbüchlein'' (Orgelsätze zum Liedanhang der kath. Kirchengemeinde St. Gertrudis Horstmar) * ''Messe für Chor SATB und Orgel'', op. 15 * ''Noll-Tango für Singstimme und Klavier'' * ''Noll-Couplet für Singstimme und Klavier'' * ''5 Toccaten für Orgel'', op. 16 about Lieder of the Protestant Hymnal (EG) * ''Postludium über EG 594'' (Der Himmel geht über allen auf) * ''Liederzyklus "Abseits von Babylon'' for bass-baritone and piano after texts by Günter Harnisch, op. 17 * ''Toccata sur un style français'', op. 18 * ''12 kleine Orgelmeditationen über Abendlieder'', op. 19 * ''Fantasie über "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme"'' op. 20, for large organ * ''Elmshagener Versetten'', op. 21 * ''Beethoven-Apotheken-Couplet für mittlere Stimme und Klavier'' * ''Kinderlieder (for example. Wir bauen Burgen im Sand, Unser erster Schultag)'' * ''Singspiele und Kindermusicals'', extract from the series "Die Maus Minimalis": * ''Die Maus Minimalis zeigt uns die Instrumente'' (Elementare Instrumentenkunde mit Begleitheft, Klangbeispielen und CD) * ''Die Maus Minimalis erklärt uns, was "Segen" ist'', for children of pre-school age * ''Krippenspiel "Ein Kind wird heut' geboren"'', for children of primary school age * ''Johannes-Passion op. 25 für Chor

SATB In music, SATB is a scoring of compositions for choirs or consorts of instruments consisting of four voice types: soprano, alto, tenor and bass. Choral music Four-part harmony using soprano, alto, tenor and bass is a common scoring in classic ...

'', Vorsänger (baritone), Organ and community ad libitumJohannespassion von M. Forciniti am Karfreitag
on diakonissenhaus-kassel.de

Recordings

* ''Musik für Orgel und Horn in der Stiftskirche Kaufungen'' * ''Romantische Reise durch Europa'' * ''Deutsche Lieder aus Böhmen'' * ''Vergessene Lieder'' (Luise Greger)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Forciniti, Martin 20th-century German classical composers Living people People from Steinfurt (district) 1962 births Robert Schumann Hochschule alumni