Martin Georg Emil Körber ( in

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pastor, composer, writer and choir leader.

Life

Martin Georg Emil Körber was the son of Pastor Edward Philipp Körber (1770-1850). He studied theology at the

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. His older brother was pastor and writer Carl Eduard Körber (1802–1883). He was a teacher in Kuressaare from 1842 to 1845. In 1846 he became the pastor in

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, where he founded a choir. In July 1862, he organized a choral concert in Kuressaare. On May 21, 1863, he organized one of the first song festivals in Estonia on the

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. After retiring in 1875, he moved to Kuressaare and continued writing. He died in 1893.

Works

His songbooks included over 1000 sacred and secular songs in German and Estonian. In 1846, he published a catechism. Over 300 000 copies were printed. He published a three-volume history of Saaremaa in German, called ''Oesel Einst und Jetzt'' (Saaremaa, then and now) between 1887 and 1915.

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* 1817 births 1893 deaths People from Kastre Parish People from Kreis Dorpat Baltic-German people from the Russian Empire Estonian Lutheran clergy Estonian male writers Estonian songwriters Estophiles 19th-century Estonian writers Estonian non-fiction writers 19th-century Estonian composers Male non-fiction writers University of Tartu alumni {{Estonia-writer-stub

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