Karl Ludwig Pfau (; August 25, 1821 – April 12, 1894) was a German poet, journalist, and revolutionary. He was born in

Heilbronn Heilbronn () is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, surrounded by Heilbronn (district), Heilbronn District. With over 126,000 residents, it is the sixth-largest city in the state. From the late Mid ...

and died, aged 72, in

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...

Poetry

Some of Ludwig Pfau's poetry has been used in the composition of '' Kunstlieder'' (or more popularly in English, ''Lieder''). Many German texts, including texts set to music by

Schoenberg Arnold Schoenberg or Schönberg (, ; ; 13 September 187413 July 1951) was an Austrian-American composer, music theorist, teacher, writer, and painter. He is widely considered one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. He was as ...

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References

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Disambiguation

A different Ludwig Pfau (1573–1630) of Winterthur, Switzerland was a maker of

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