1783–1846

Introduction

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Born: March 8, 1783, Sul­za on the Ilm, Thu­rin­gia.

Died: Au­gust 27, 1846, Leip­zig, Ger­ma­ny.

Biography

Fink was a cho­ris­ter at Naum­burg, and stu­died the­o­lo­gy at Leip­zig (1804–08).

He be­came a Pro­fess­or of Mu­sic at Leip­zig in 1842. He is re­mem­bered for his writ­ings on mu­sic his­to­ry and the­o­ry, and his col­lec­tions of se­cu­lar and re­li­gious songs.

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Music

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