Helmut Barbe

1927 – 2021

Personal details

Helmut Barbe was born on 28 December 1927 in Halle/Saale. He studied at the Berlin Church Music School under Ernst Pepping and Gottfried Grote. From 1952 to 1975, he was cantor at St. Nikolai Church in Spandau, then professor at the Berlin University of the Arts. He composed choral music a cappella and with instruments, organ music and orchestral music.