Heinrich Christian Wilhelm Bünte (* November 14, 1828 in Brake near Sulingen; † September 25, 1913 in Friedrichsbrunn) was a German choir director, teacher, music director, professor and composer.
Wilhelm Bünte was the son of a teacher and cantor. He had three brothers.
Wilhelm Bünte was first educated by his father, later also by a private teacher. As a youth he attended the taxidermy school of the cantor Grove in Langenhagen from 1844 to 1847 and then became a private tutor in Rothenkirchen and Ebstorf from 1847 to 1849. Afterwards he attended the main seminar in Hanover and in 1852 he was employed as a teacher at the free school there.
In 1854 Bünte took over the direction of the "Frohsinn Liedertafel'' which had already been founded in 1851 and was renamed "Hannoverscher Männergesangsverein" a few years later. In 1856 the choir gave its first concert in the auditorium of the Lyceum.
In 1857, King George V appointed Wilhelm Bünte as solo singer of the newly created Royal Castle Church Choir ("Hof- und Domchor"). At the same time Bünte took over the direction of the boys' choir of the Schlosskirchenchor until 1866, the end of the Kingdom of Hanover. Bünte also conducted other choirs in the city.
Wilhelm Bünte later worked as a teacher at the Stadttöchterschule II in 1866 and lived at Aegidienstraße 20. He later held the position of music teacher at the ''Hanoverian Höhere Töchterschule I'' from 1879 to 1898.
In the meantime Bünte became a member of the Hanoverian Artists' Association in 1881. The guest performances of the ''Hannoversche Männergesangsverein'' led by Bünte also made him well known nationwide. Bünte himself composed choral music with emphasis on male choirs.
Source: Wikipedia
Note: Translated from the German version of Wikipedia into English.
