Editing Franz Tunder (section)

==Music==
Along with [[Heinrich Scheidemann]] and [[Matthias Weckmann]], Tunder was one of the most important members of the North German organ school; however, few of his works are preserved.

His surviving output suggests a marked preference for the chorale fantasia style, though he is also known for chorale versets, such as his setting of ''Jesus Christus unser Heiland'', notable in particular for the opening pedal flourish (probably the earliest surviving example of an opening pedal solo in an organ work), a technique that was to be more fully exploited by [[Dietrich Buxtehude]].<ref>Geoffrey Webber, "[[Cambridge Companions to Music|The Cambridge Companion to the Organ]]", edited by Nicholas Thistlethwaite and Geoffrey Webber. Cambridge University Press, 1998. {{ISBN|0-521-57584-2}}</ref>