With the exception of a few compositions in manuscript in collections at the Warsaw University Library, most of Bechler's are to be found in the Moravian archives in Herrnhut, Germany and in the collections of the Moravian Music Foundation in either Winston-Salem, NC or Bethlehem, PA. Several of Bechler's anthems have been edited and translated into English for modern performance. References Attribution: Basic biographical details are from J.C. Bechler's "Lebenslauf," printed in the Gemeine-Nachrichten, in 1857:7,545-558. This was translated into English in The Moravian, June 26, 1857. International holdings of Bechler's works according to RISM 1784 births 1857 deaths People from Saaremaa Parish People from Kreis Ösel Baltic-German people 19th-century Moravian bishops German male composers German composers Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States 18th-century Estonian people 19th-century German musicians 19th-century German male musicians