About Ferdinand Samuel Laur
Lived 1791 – 1854 (aged 63). Ferdinand Samuel Laur was a Swiss conductor, composer, music teacher, author and musician.
Ferdinand Samuel Laur (22 February 1791 – 2 July 1854) was a Swiss composer, conductor, choirmaster, and music teacher. He founded the Basel Choral Society in 1824. A hymnal he composed that was published in 1820 is now used in the national anthem of Lesotho, "Lesotho Fatse La Bontata Rona".
Career "Freiheit" , a hymn he composed that was published in 1820 is now used in the national anthem of Lesotho, "Lesotho Fatse La Bontata Rona". Between 1830 and 1840 he published the hymnbook Vierstimmige Chorgesänge und Chorlieder ohne Begleitung für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass, für Kirchen, Schulen und Singanstalten.
He founded the Basel Choral Society in 1824.
Death Laur died in , near Kreuzlingen, Switzerland.
Personal life Laur had a grandson.
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Who was Ferdinand Samuel Laur?
(1791-1854)
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Ferdinand Samuel Laur was born on 22 February 1791 in Markdorf.
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Ferdinand Samuel Laur died on 2 July 1854 in Egelshofen.
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Ferdinand Samuel Laur was a conductor, composer, music teacher, author and musician.
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Ferdinand Samuel Laur was Swiss.
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