Adolf Eduard Marschner ( Grünberg,

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, 5 March 1819 –

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, 9 September 1853), was a Romantic German composer. Marschner was related to the well known

Heinrich Marschner Heinrich August Marschner (16 August 1795 – 14 December 1861) was the most important composer of German opera between Weber and Wagner.

. He studied music from the age of 10 and then studied at the

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where he also later became a music teacher. In the field of vocal music he has composed app. 30 pieces for voice and piano accompaniment and several songs for men’s choir. The most popular among those are ''Und hörst du das mächtige Klingen'', ''Das Königslied'' and ''Gute Nacht''. Together with

Ludwig Richter Adrian Ludwig Richter (September 28, 1803June 19, 1884) was a German painter and etcher, who was strongly influenced by Erhard and Chodowiecki. He was a representative of both Romanticism and Biedermeier styles. He was the most popular, and ...

in 1844-47 he published two song collections named ''Alte und neue Studenten-Lieder'' (Old and new Student Songs), and ''Alte und neue Volks-Lieder'' (Old and new Folk Songs).

References

* Meike Tiemeyer-Schütte: Das Deutsche Sängerwesen in Südaustralien vor Ausbruch ses Ersten Weltkrieges zwischen Bewahrung von Deutschtum und Anglikanisierung. LIT

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* * 1819 births 1853 deaths German male classical composers German Romantic composers Leipzig University alumni Leipzig University faculty People from the Province of Silesia 19th-century classical composers 19th-century German composers 19th-century German male musicians {{Germany-composer-stub