Brother of Friedrich Wilhelm Grund. Student of Louis Spohr, who mentions him at least once in his autobiography (p.137) in a section that begins in Gandersheim. "I acquiesced, and proceeded thither accompanied by my wife and my pupil Edward Grund"... "Grund had in truth become a first-rate artist, and began now to make musical tours with much success; which led to his appointment as director of the court-orchestra at Meiningen, which office he now still (1853) fills"...