Zöllner, Carl Friedrich
Zöllner, Carl Friedrich
Zöllner, Carl Friedrich, German choral conductor and composer, father of Heinrich Zöllner; b. Mittelhausen, March 17, 1800; d. Leipzig, Sept. 25, 1860. He studied at the Thomasschule in Leipzig. He became a vocal instructor, and began writing men’s choruses. In 1833 he founded in Leipzig a “Liedertafel” known as the Zöllner-Verein, a men’s choral society modeled after Zelter’s Berlin organization. After Zöllners death, several choral societies were united to form the Zöllner-Bund. Zöllner was one of the most successful German composers of part-songs for men’s choruses. He also wrote for mixed chorus, and songs with piano accompaniment.
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R. Hansch, Der Liedermeister CF. Z. (Dresden, 1927).
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