Daniel Hünten (1? September 1760, in

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– 1 April 1823, in Koblenz) was a German organist, guitarist and composer. He was baptised on 3 September 1760, probably one to three days after his birth. In 1784 Hünten was engaged as an organist at the court chapel of

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in Koblenz. He married Anna Weller (1750–1816) in 1786, and in 1788 his position as organist was made permanent. During the French occupation he worked as an administrator, and from 1798 to 1803 he was the proprietor of a reading lounge with German and French newspapers, and also gave organ and guitar lessons. In 1803, although Catholic, he became the organist at the first Protestant church in Koblenz. In 1808 he was appointed professor of harmony and organ-playing at the newly reopened ''Normalschule'', where he taught the young

Henri Herz Henri Herz (6 January 1803 – 5 January 1888) was a virtuoso pianist, composer and piano manufacturer, Austrian by birth and French by nationality and domicile. He was a professor in the Paris Conservatoire for more than thirty years. Among his ...

. Hünten composed organ sonatas, fughettas and hymns, but few of his compositions survive. The only music by Hünten still regularly heard is a setting of ''Tauet, Himmel, den Gerechten''. He had four daughters and six sons, one of whom was the successful composer

Franz Hünten Franz Hünten, otherwise known as François Hünten (26 December 179222 February 1878), was a German pianist and composer of salon music. He was born in Koblenz, the son of the organist Daniel Hünten, who taught Henri Herz. Like Herz he moved to ...

. Two grandsons were painters: Emil Hünten and Daniel Dienz.

Bibliography

* Gerd Zöllner: ''Franz Hünten. Sein Leben und Werk.'' Beiträge zur rheinischen Musikgeschichte 34, Köln 1959 (Diss. Köln), Biogramm von Daniel Hünten S. 13–37. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hunten, Daniel 1760 births 1823 deaths German composers German organists German male organists