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Adolf Zander (16 January 1843 – 1 August 1914) was a German composer, organist at the Church of St. Sophia in
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Adolf Zander
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Adolf Zander (16 January 1843 – 1 August 1914) was a German composer, organist at the Church of St. Sophia in Berlin
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, choir director, royal Prussia
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n music director and founder of the new male Berliner Liedertafel
Berliner Liedertafel (Berlin choral society), as the name for a male-voice choir, was first used in December 1808 by Carl Friedrich Zelter, who established the first north German prototype for such male-voice choirs. In 1819 another society was f ...
choir.
Life
Zander was born in Barnewitz an der Havel (today part ofMärkisch Luch
Märkisch Luch is a municipality in the Havelland district, in Brandenburg, Germany
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). He worked as a musician and teacher, and in particular, he devoted himself to choral music. He founded, in 1881, the "Zander Quartet Society". From 1877 to 1880, he was the second conductor of the Berlin male voice choir "Liederlust", and in 1884 led both choirs together in the new Berlin Liedertafel.
Zander lived in Berlin around 1880 at 26 Höchste Straße, later at 16 Krautstraße, finally about 1895 on Graefestraß'. He died in Kleinaupa, Riesengebirge
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, aged 71, and was buried on the old Friedhof II der Sophiengemeinde Berlin
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Notable interments
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cemetery in Berlin-Mitte
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See also
* Friedrich Hieronymus Truhn *Neue Berliner Musikzeitung
''Neue Berliner Musikzeitung'' was a musical periodical that appeared in the years 1847–1896 and was published by Bote & Bock. It was a continuation of the Berlin musical newspaper published between 1844 and 1847 by Karl Gaillard.
History
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Literature
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