ZURICH (Anton)

Composer: Friedrich Funcke

Funcke, Friedrich, was born at Nossen in the Harz, where he was baptised March 27, 1642. After receiving a general and musical education at Freiberg and Dresden, he became cantor at Perleberg, and then, in 1664, Stadt Cantor at Luneburg. He was, in 1694, appointed pastor at Römstedt, a few miles south of Lüneburg, and died there Oct. 20, 1699. He revised the Lüneburg Gesangbuch, 1686, and contributed to it 43 melodies and 7 hymns (Blätter für Hymnologie, 1884, pp. 115, 135, 146; 1885, p. 121). One has passed into English, viz.:— Zeuch uns nach dir, so kommen wir. [Ascensiontide!] First published in the Lüneburg Stadt Gesang-Buch, 1686, No. 593y? in 5 st. of 4 l., signed "F. F.," and founded on Canticles i. 4. Repeated in F… Go to person page >

Composer: Christoph Anton

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Tune Information

Title: ZURICH (Anton)
Composer: Christoph Anton (c. 1642)
Composer: Friedrich Funcke
Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7.7
Incipit: 11756 71123 44332
Key: A♭ Major
Source: C. Gregor Choralbuch (1784)
Copyright: Public Domain

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