Friedrich Wilhelm Grund (7 October 1791,

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– 24 November 1874, Hamburg) was a German composer, conductor and teacher. He studied with his father (piano, violin, cello and contrabass) and with the Hamburg cantor Christian Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke. In 1819, he abandoned his career as a concert virtuoso because of the nerve disease of his right hand and he started to compose and teach. In the same year, he co-founded and led the Gesellschaft der Freunde des religiösen Gesangs (later the

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). He also co-founded the Hamburger Tonkünstlervereins.

List of selected works

* Op. 5 Piano quartet * Op. 8 Quintet for piano and winds * Op. 9 Violin sonata * Op. 11 Sonata for piano and cello or violin * Op. 13 Grande sonate * Op. 13 Piano quartet * Op. 14 Grande polonaise * Op. 22 Songs * Op. 23 Grand divertissement * Op. 25 Introduction et rondeau * Op. 27 Trio de salon * Op. 31 Songs for two voices * ''Die Burg Falkenstein'' (romantic opera in 5 acts, Hamburg, 1825) * ''Mathilde'' (heroic opera in 3 acts) * ''Caroline Pichler'' (opera, not performed) * ''Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu'' (oratorio) * 6 songs after

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References

Biography at operone.de

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Grund, Friedrich Wilhelm 1791 births 1874 deaths Musicians from Hamburg German conductors (music) German male conductors (music) German Romantic composers 19th-century classical composers German male classical composers 19th-century German composers 19th-century German male musicians