URQUELL ALLER SELIGKEITEN

URQUELL ALLER SELIGKEITEN

Composer: C. Kocher
Published in 2 hymnals


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Composer: C. Kocher

Trained as a teacher, Conrad Kocher (b. Ditzingen, Wurttemberg, Germany, 1786; d. Stuttgart, Germany, 1872) moved to St. Petersburg, Russia, to work as a tutor at the age of seventeen. But his love for the music of Haydn and Mozart impelled him to a career in music. He moved back to Germany in 1811, settled in Stuttgart, and remained there for most of his life. The prestigious Cotta music firm published some of his early compositions and sent him to study music in Italy, where he came under the influence of Palestrina's music. In 1821 Kocher founded the School for Sacred Song in Stuttgart, which popularized four-part singing in the churches of that region. He was organist and choir director at the Stiftskirche in Stuttgart from 1827 to 1865… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: URQUELL ALLER SELIGKEITEN
Composer: C. Kocher
Meter: 8.8.7.7
Incipit: 55123 54323 45175
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Instances

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Audio

Small Church Music #6167

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