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Composer Carl Friedrich Zelter (1758-1834) set Goethe's poems to music and wrote songs for male choirs. As director of the Berliner "Singakademie" beginning in 1800, he performed in particular the music of Bach. He founded in Berlin the first "Liedertafel", the prototype for choral societies in cities and towns around the world.

Composer Carl Friedrich Zelter (1758–1834) set Goethe’s {see planet  (3047)} poems to music and wrote songs for male choirs. As director of the Berliner “Singakademie” beginning in 1800, he performed in particular the music of Bach {see planet  (1814)}. He founded in Berlin the first “Liedertafel”, the prototype for choral societies in cities and towns around the world. (M 41388)