Ludwig Erk
Illustration — Ludwig Erk Ludwig Christian Erk (6 January 1807, Wetzlar – 25 November 1883, Berlin) was a German musicologist, music teacher, academic, composer and folk-song collector.
Ludwig Erk
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- Born
- 1807 · Wetzlar.
- Died
- 1883 · Berlin.
- Nationality
- German Empire
- Occupation
- musician · musicologist · music educator · choir director · music director · editor · music arranger · music teacher
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — Ludwig Erk Ludwig Christian Erk (6 January 1807, Wetzlar – 25 November 1883, Berlin) was a German musicologist, music teacher, academic, composer and folk-song collector.
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A version of the song "Der Ritter und die Magd" with its melody from the Ludwig Erk's song book Die deutschen Volkslieder (1838, Berlin)
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- 1.Schade, Ernst: Was das Volk zu singen weiß: Ludwig Erk, Leben und Werk eines Liedersammlers. Dreieich 1992, S. 20
- 2.Abbildung und Bildunterschrift in Hundert Jahre St. Elisabeth - Berlin. Zusammengestellt von Eugen Bethke (* 1883; † 1945). Herausgegeben vom Gemeindekirchenrat von St. Elisabeth, Berlin (1935), S. 80
- 3.T.O. Weigel (Hrsg.): Leipziger Repertorium der Deutschen und ausländischen Literatur, Universität Leipzig, 1850, S. 315, ( ).
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