Tracy Byrd - Watermelon Crawl

ZELLER (Zoöllner) Karl Friedrich (17 V 1800, Mittelhausen, Thuringia - 25 IX 1860, Leipzig) - German. the choir. conductor and composer. In 1814-19 he studied playing the organ at the school of St. Thomas G. I. Schicht, in 1819-22 - theology at the University of Leipzig. From 820 he taught singing in the mountains. school. Organized a private music. Institute (1822), where DOS. attention was paid to the choir. singing. In 1833 he created the first husband. the choir. the Zöllner-Verein Society, following which a number of choirs were formed. societies.In 1859 to the muses. Celebration in Leipzig in honor of the centenary of the birth of F. Schiller C. conducted the combined choir of twenty societies. After the death of C. these societies formed the “Union C.” (“Zöllner-Bund”), which existed until 1945. Composer's activity C. was limited mainly op. for 4 goal husband.the choir. Among others. Op. songs for voice from fp., including 6 songs to texts from the “Beautiful Mill” by V. Müller, previously put to music by F. Schubert (song “Das Wandern ist des Müllers Lust” - “The Miller Century Leads into Motion” became popular); production for mixed choir, including motets.