Friedrich Wilhelm Grund

Friedrich Wilhelm Grund (7 October 1791, Hamburg – 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 Hamburger Singakademie). 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 Goethe

References

• Biography at operone.de
• List of works by F. W. Grund

External links

• Texts and translations of vocal works at the LiederNet Archive
• Free scores by Friedrich Wilhelm Grund at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)