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Gottfried Theodor Erxleben (1849-1927)was a moravian minister and musicologist.

while serving in moravian congregations in silesia and russia, Erxleben produced manuscripts on moravian music. He also served as the director of a teacher training school located in niesky where he continued work on his manuscript. his final manuscript titled Kleine Choralkunde was produced in retirement. The manuscript contained 153 pages of notes on both text and tunes, and included citations of the opening measures of the tunes.^[1] ^[2] ^[3]^[4]^[5] ^[6]^[7]^[8] ^[9]

References

^ "moravian music foundation".
^ "moravian archives".
^ "feast day of Erxleben".
^ Knouse, Nola (2008). the music of the moravian church in america. Rochester university press. p. 270. ISBN 978-1-58046-260-0.
^ "A Moravian Musical Timeline". moravian music timeline. Boydell & Brewer. 2009. pp. 290–304. doi:10.1017/9781580467469.014. ISBN 978-1-58046-746-9.
^ "biography of Erxleben".
^ "article on Erxleben's school".
^ Erxleben. kleine choralkunde.
^ "biographical dictionary" (PDF).

Category:moravian music foundation Category:music Category:history

[1] "moravian music foundation".

[2] "moravian archives".

[3] "feast day of Erxleben".

[4] Knouse, Nola (2008). the music of the moravian church in america. Rochester university press. p. 270. ISBN 978-1-58046-260-0.

[5] "A Moravian Musical Timeline". moravian music timeline. Boydell & Brewer. 2009. pp. 290–304. doi:10.1017/9781580467469.014. ISBN 978-1-58046-746-9.

[6] "biography of Erxleben".

[7] "article on Erxleben's school".

[8] Erxleben. kleine choralkunde.

[9] "biographical dictionary" (PDF).

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