Carl Kuntze (composer)
Carl Kuntze (also: Karl Kuntze ; * May 17, 1817 in Trier ; † September 7, 1883 in Delitzsch ) was a German composer and musician .
He studied music with August Mühling at the cathedral seminar in Magdeburg , then in Berlin with August Wilhelm Bach , Adolf Bernhard Marx and Carl Friedrich Rungenhagen . He later worked as a cantor and organist in Pritzwalk and Aschersleben , and from 1873 as a seminar music teacher in Delitzsch.
He composed mostly comic choral songs, terzets and duets, but also some larger works for choir and orchestra (an eight-part “Ave Maria”; psalms) and male choirs.
Web links
- Literature by and about Carl Kuntze in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kuntze, Carl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kuntze, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer and musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 17, 1817 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | trier |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 7, 1883 |
| Place of death | Delitzsch |