The ''Deutscher Liederhort'' is a large collection of
Volkslied
Volkslied (literally: folk song) is a genre of popular songs in German which are traditionally sung. While many of them were first passed orally, several collections were published from the late 18th century. Later, some popular songs were also ...
er (folk-song)s, now considered their authoritative source. It is often abbreviated as "Erk-Böhme" after its editors
Ludwig Erk
Ludwig Christian Erk (6 January 1807, Wetzlar
Wetzlar () is a city in the state of Hesse, Germany. It is the twelfth largest city in Hesse with currently 55,371 inhabitants at the beginning of 2019 (including second homes). As an important ...
and
Franz Magnus Böhme
Franz Theodor Magnus Böhme (11 March 1827 in Willerstedt – 18 October 1898 in Dresden) was a German academic, musicologist, composer, folksong collector and writer on music history and folksong.
Biography
The son of a farmer, Böhme becam ...
.
Editions
* Ludwig Erk (ed.): ''Deutscher Liederhort: Auswahl der vorzüglichern deutschen Volkslieder aus der Vorzeit und der Gegenwart mit ihren eigenthümlichen Melodien''. Enslin, Berlin 1856 ().
* Ludwig Erk, Franz Magnus Böhme (ed.s): ''Deutscher Liederhort''. 3 Bände. Breitkopf und Härtel, Leipzig 1893–94 (Reprinted: Olms, Hildesheim 1963).
** Volume 1, 1893
Online.
** Volume 2, 1893
Online.
** Volume 3, 1894
Online.
External links
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