Anthony C. Lund

Anthony Canute Lund (February 25, 1871 – June 11, 1935)[1] was the director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in Salt Lake City, Utah from 1916 until 1935.

[2]: 359  Lund served on the LDS Church's first General Music Committee, established in 1920.

[3] He implemented a European choral sound,[8] and directed the choir in its first electrical recordings on the Victor Label.

Some of Lund's most popular compositions include "Day Follows Night", "Build Thee More Stately Mansions, O My Soul", and "Bring, O Heavy Heart, Your Grief to Me".

[12] Lund died at home on June 11, 1935, of a heart attack and kidney trouble.

[11] An additional memorial service was held in Lund's hometown of Ephraim the same day.