Tucher, Christoph Karl Goittlieb

Tucher, Christoph Karl Goittlieb a famous jurist of Germany, was born May 14, 1798, at Nuremberg. He studied jurisprudence at Erlangen, Heidelberg, and Berlin, and after 'having occupied prominent positions in his profession, he died at Berlin, Feb. 17, 1877. He is known as the author of the following hymnological works: Schatz des evangelischen Kirchenqesanges, der Melodie und Harmonie nach, aus den Quellen des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts geschopft, etc. (Stutt. 1840): —Schatz des evangielischen Kirchengesangs im 1. Jahrhundert der Reformation (Leips. 1848, 2 vols). (B. P.)