Heinrich Christoph Zeuner

1795–1857

Charles Zeuner

Introduction

Biography

Baptized as Hein­rich Chris­toph Zeun­er, he changed his name to Charles when he emi­grat­ed to Am­eri­ca and set­tled in Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts, around 1824 or 1830 (sourc­es va­ry).

He played the or­gan for the Park Street Church in Bos­ton, for the Han­del and Hay­dn So­ci­ety (1830–38), and served as the So­ci­ety’s pre­si­dent (1838–39).

In 1839, he moved to Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia, where he was or­gan­ist at a num­ber of church­es.

Works

Zeuner wrote a march for the lay­ing of the cor­ner­stone of the Bos­ton Ma­son­ic tem­ple (1830), and an ora­to­rio, The Feast of Tab­er­na­cles (1836).

His oth­er works in­clude:

• Church Mu­sic, 1831
• The Am­eri­can Harp (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Hill­iard & Gray, 1832)
• The New Vil­lage Har­mo­ny (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Lin­coln & Ed­mands, 1834)
• The An­cient Lyre (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Crock­er & Brew­ster, 1834)