Ferdinand Zellbell (the elder)

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Ferdinand Zellbell the Elder (born April 14, 1689 in Uppsala , † July 6, 1765 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish organist and composer .

Zellbell was court music director from 1715 to 1751 and also organist at the Storkyrkan in Stockholm from 1717 to 1753 . From him are Temperatura Tonorum (1740) and a hymn book appeared. His son was the organist and composer Ferdinand Zellbell (the younger) .