Die Nachtigallen
The Nightingales
Foto: Kunstpalast - LVR-ZMB - Annette Hiller

The Nightingales, 1851

Series titleDüsseldorfer Lieder-Album (Song Album): 6 Songs with Pianoforte Accompaniment
ArtistRudolf Jordan, Berlin 1810–1887 Düsseldorf
AuthorJoseph von Eichendorff, Lubowitz 1788–1857 Neiße
Komponist*inCarl Reinecke, Altona 1824–1910 Leipzig
Publishing houseArnz & Co., 1816–1859
Chromolithograph
Sheet dimensions36,5 × 49 cm
Status
on display, room 009.1
About the work
The "Düsseldorfer Lieder-Album" (Düsseldorf Song Album) is based on six poems by various German writers. Commissioned by the publishing house Arnz & Co. in 1851, the writings were set to music by contemporary composers such as Robert Schumann and Julius Rietz, former conductor of the Düsseldorf City Theatre, and illustrated by well-known local artists. The first lines of text and opening bars of the songs are shown at the top of the pieces. If you turn the illustrated pages, you will find sheets with musical notation on which the complete lyrics are printed.
AccessionAcquisition 1919
ProvenanceBürmann Collection
Inventory number80505183g
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