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John Zundel (10 December 1815 – 21 May 1882) was an organist, composer, arranger, and pedagogue. Zundel was perhaps best known for his hymn BEECHER, widely used in American hymnals with "Love Divine" by Charles Wesley.




Early life


Zundel was born in the village of Hochdorf an der Enz (now part of Eberdingen) in what was then the Kingdom of Württemberg, Germany. He attended the Royal Academy at Esslingen, Württemberg, from 1829 to 1831, then he began teaching at the local school in Birkach, Germany. In 1833 he was appointed teacher of music in Esslingen. During this time, Zundel studied the violin with a pupil of Bernhard Molique. Also he studied the organ first with J.G. French and then with Heinrich Rinck.




St. Petersburg, Russia


In 1839 Zundel studied organ building at the factory of Eberhard Friedrich Walcker, and in 1840 he travelled to St. Petersburg, Russia, to give a concert on a Walcker organ at the Lutheran Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. It was the first organ concert ever given on Russian soil. Zundel became organist at Saint Anne Lutheran Church in Saint Petersburg and bandmaster of the Imperial House Guards. He remained in St. Petersburg for seven years.




Plymouth Church in New York


Intending to give organ concerts, Zundel emigrated to the United States in 1847. Unable to find suitable instruments for concerts, he settled in as a church organist. Employed first at the Unitarian Church of Brooklyn under Reverend Farnley in 1848, he was then hired by Henry Ward Beecher in 1850 as music director and organist for Brooklyn's Plymouth Church. Zundel remained at Plymouth Church a total of 28 years, interrupted twice to travel and to serve briefly in nearby churches.




Compositions



Zundel's lasting contributions to music pedagogy were his instructional texts, principally Zundel's Harmony. His work spanned over 20 years.

The Choral Friend, A Collection of New Church Music, consisting of Original Anthems and Psalms and Hymn Tunes; Adapted to the Most Common Metres. New York: A.S. Barnes & Co. 1852.
Zundel's Melodeon Instructor, 1853
The Amateur Organist, 1854
Plymouth Collection of Hymns, 1855 (edited with Beecher)
Psalmody, 1855 (editor)
Modern Organ-School (Boston, Massachusetts: 1860)
Treatise on Harmony and Modulation, 1862
Christian Heart Songs, 1870
School Harmonist (with James E. Ryan) (New York: American Book Company, 1873)
Additionally, Zundel composed a number of preludes, postludes, voluntaries, and fantasies suitable for church services.
Zundel returned to his native country before his death in Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany, in May 1882.




References






External links


Free scores by John Zundel at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
History of Plymouth Church (Henry Ward Beecher) 1847 to 1872 See chapter nine, page 137

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