Background
Lund was born of Danish immigrant Anthon H. Lund in Ephraim, Utah Territory.
Lund was born of Danish immigrant Anthon H. Lund in Ephraim, Utah Territory.
In 1891 he graduated from Brigham Young Academy. He then studied at the Royal Conservatory in Leipzig.
Lund was also a professor of music at Brigham Young University. At 18 he was made choir director in Ephraim. He also did studies in London and Paris.
His departure from Brigham Young University to direct the choir was viewed as a loss to the former institution.
In 1897, Lund became head of what was then the Brigham Young Academy Music Department. Under his direction it was changed from being a department to being a school of music in 1901.
He continued as head of the music department after the school became Brigham Young University. He also was on the faculty of the Utah Conservatory and the McCune School of Music.
Lund implemented European choral sound in the choir as its director
While Lund was director, the choir made its first electrical recordings on the Victor Label. Lund was succeeded as director of the choir by J. Spencer Cornwall.