Kuntze, Karl 05/17/1817 - 09/07/1883

Carl Kuntze (1817-1883) was a German composer and musician.



He studied music under August Mühling in Magdeburg and then under August Wilhelm Bach, Adolf Bernhard Marx and Carl Friedrich Rungenhagen in Berlin. Later he worked in Pritzwalk and Aschersleben as cantor and organist. In 1873 he became a music teacher in Delitzsch.



He composed songs, trios and duets as well as large works for choirs and orchestras (including an “Ave Maria” for eight voices and Psalms).