Friedrich Wilhelm Grund

Composer

1791 – 1874

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Who was Friedrich Wilhelm Grund?

Friedrich Wilhelm Grund was a German composer, conductor and teacher.

He studied with his father and with the Hamburg cantor Christian Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke. In 1819, he abandoned his career as a concert virtuoso because of the nerve disease of his right hand and he started to compose and teach. In the same year, he co-founded and led Gesellschaft der Freunde des religiösen Gesangs. He also co-founded Hamburger Tonkünstlervereins.

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Born
Oct 7, 1791
Hamburg
Nationality
  • Germany
Died
Nov 24, 1874
Hamburg

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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