Born: Jan­u­ary 7, 1784, Oe­sel Is­land, Bal­tic Sea.

Died: Ap­ril 15, 1857, Herrn­hut, Ger­ma­ny.

Bechler lived in Amer­i­ca from 1806 to 1836. While there, he taught at the sem­in­ary in Naz­a­reth, Penn­syl­van­ia, and worked in Mo­ra­vi­an church­es in Phil­a­del­phia, Penn­syl­vania; Sta­ten Is­land, New York; and Li­titz, Penn­syl­van­ia. He al­so com­posed, with one of his most im­port­ant col­lect­ions be­ing:

• VIII Hymns Se­lect­ed from the Com­mon Pray­er Book of the Epis­co­pal Church (New York, circa 1813)

Sources

Music

1. Bechler