Zimmer, Friedrich August

1826-1899

Teacher at Gardelegen College in 1854, and Royal music-director at Osterburg, in the Altmark, in 1859. He is best known for his publications, among them the treatise on elementary music and an Evangelical Choral book, which was used in several colleges. Zimmer was born in Herrengosserstadt, Thuringia, and died at Zellendorf, near Berlin. He was a pupil of Hentschel's at Weissenfels.