Daniel Hünten
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Daniel Hünten was a German organist, guitarist and composer.
He was baptised on 3 September 1760, probably one to three days after his birth. In 1784 Hünten was engaged as an organist at the court chapel of Prince Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony in Koblenz. He married Anna Weller (1750–1816) in 1786, and in 1788 his position as organist was made permanent.
During the French occupation he worked as an administrator, and from 1798 to 1803 he was the proprietor of a reading room with German and French newspapers, and also gave organ and guitar lessons. In 1803, although Catholic, he became the organist at the first Protestant church in Koblenz. In 1808 he was appointed professor of harmony and organ-playing at the newly reopened Normalschule, where he taught the young Henri Herz
.
Hünten composed organ sonatas, fughettas and hymns, but few of his compositions survive. The only music by Hünten still regularly heard is a setting of Tauet, Himmel, den Gerechten.
He had four daughters and six sons, one of whom was the successful composer Franz Hünten
. Two grandsons were painters: Emil Hünten
and Daniel Dienz.
He was baptised on 3 September 1760, probably one to three days after his birth. In 1784 Hünten was engaged as an organist at the court chapel of Prince Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony in Koblenz. He married Anna Weller (1750–1816) in 1786, and in 1788 his position as organist was made permanent.
During the French occupation he worked as an administrator, and from 1798 to 1803 he was the proprietor of a reading room with German and French newspapers, and also gave organ and guitar lessons. In 1803, although Catholic, he became the organist at the first Protestant church in Koblenz. In 1808 he was appointed professor of harmony and organ-playing at the newly reopened Normalschule, where he taught the young Henri Herz
Henri Herz
Henri Herz was a pianist and composer, Austrian by birth, and French by domicile.Herz was born Heinrich Herz in Vienna...
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Hünten composed organ sonatas, fughettas and hymns, but few of his compositions survive. The only music by Hünten still regularly heard is a setting of Tauet, Himmel, den Gerechten.
He had four daughters and six sons, one of whom was the successful composer Franz Hünten
Franz Hünten
Franz Hünten, often billed as François Hünten , was a German pianist and composer of light music....
. Two grandsons were painters: Emil Hünten
Emil Hünten
Emil Johannes Hünten was a German military painter.-Biography:Born in Paris on January 19, 1827, the son of the composer, Franz Hünten, he studied art under H. Flandrin and Horace Vernet at the Ecole des Beaux Arts...
and Daniel Dienz.