Karl Merz (composer)

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Karl Merz (born September 19, 1836 in Bensheim , † January 30, 1890 in Wooster , Ohio ) was an American composer of German descent.

Merz came to Philadelphia in 1854 , where he was organist in a Presbyterian church and violinist in a theater orchestra. From 1861 to 1882 he was music director in Ohio, then music director at the College of Wooster . He composed several operettas, chamber music works, piano and organ pieces, choral works and songs.

literature

  • Alfred Baumgartner: Propylaea World of Music: The Composers , Volume 4, Berlin and Frankfurt 1989, ISBN 3-549-07834-X , pp. 27-28
personal data
SURNAME Merz, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American composer
DATE OF BIRTH September 19, 1836
PLACE OF BIRTH Bensheim
DATE OF DEATH January 30, 1890
Place of death Wooster (Ohio)