inTAKT is a German ecumenical association (''Verein'') for the promotion of new Christian songs for church services (

Neues Geistliches Lied ''Neues Geistliches Lied'' (, ''new spiritual song''), abbreviated NGL, is a music genre of songs in German intended for church usage, and based on contemporary lyrics and with music by contemporary composers. History The idea to reach youn ...

, NGL), and of art, culture and musical education. Its members are mostly hymnwriters and composers interested in NGL.

Foundation and program

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and

Eugen Eckert Eugen Eckert (born 1954) is a German social worker, minister, singer-songwriter and academic teacher. He is known for his lyrics for new spiritual songs (Neues Geistliches Lied), and his oratorios and musical plays. Career Born in Frankfurt am ...

founded the association, together with other authors and composers of NGL, on 8 April 2013. Dehm became president, Eckert vice president, Annette Kreuzer and Thomas Gabriel were on the board, among others. The association is ecumenical and open to all lyricists and composers of NGL. The name refers to the earlier group

TAKT Takt time, or simply Takt, is a manufacturing term to describe the required product assembly duration that is needed to match the demand. Often confused with cycle time, takt time is a tool used to design work and it measures the average time in ...

, short for ''TextAutor/innen- und Komponist/innen-Tagung'' (Convention of text authors and composers), which was founded in 1947 and took the name in 1997. ''Takt'' is also the German word for the musical measure, and ''intakt'' means intact. The association supports continued musical education and the creation of new songs for church services. It supports hymnwriters, composers, artists, choirs and bands, by workshops, sheet music and coaching. It is interested in interaction between the generations, beginning with children's and youth groups, and in a singing congregation at church. Composers collaborating with inTAKT include , Dietmar Fischenich, , Gabriel,

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, Jürgen Kandziora, Kai Lünnemann,

Joachim Raabe Joachim Raabe (born 1974) is a German church musician and a composer of sacred music, especially of the genre Neues Geistliches Lied. Career Born in Haiger, Raabe studied church music from 1997 to 2002 at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold. He wa ...

, Dominik Sahm and . Authors include Eckert, Bayer, Fischenich and Lutz Riehl. The association took over the organisation of the ''Tag des Neuen Geistlichen Liedes'' (Day of NGL), an annual event in spring in

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from 1998, and an educational event on

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during fall vacation, which began in 1997. Beginning in 2014, an annual workshop has been held in

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during Easter vacation.

Publications

The association published ''Die Träume hüten'' (Shepherd the dreams), a song book for choirs and bands with more than 200 songs. Several of the authors' songs have been included in choir books and Christian hymnals, such as the Catholic '' Gotteslob'' and the Protestant '' Evangelisches Gesangbuch''.

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* {{lowercase Music organisations based in Germany 2013 establishments in Germany