1784–1857
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Introduction

Born: Jan­ua­ry 7, 1784, Oe­sel Is­land (off the coast of pre­sent day Es­to­nia).

Died: Ap­ril 15, 1857, Herrn­hut, Ger­ma­ny.

Buried: Got­tes­ack­er der Herrn­hut­er Brü­der­ge­mein­de, Herrn­hut, Ger­ma­ny.

Biography

Bechler lived in Am­eri­ca 1806–36.

He taught at the se­mi­na­ry in Na­za­reth, Penn­syl­van­ia, and served Mo­ra­vi­an church­es in Phi­la­del­phia and Li­titz, Penn­syl­van­ia, and Sta­ten Is­land, New York.

Works

Sources

Music