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Eichendorff

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/ ˈaiçəndɔrf /

noun

  1. Joseph (ˈjoːzɛf), Freiherr von. 1788–1857, German poet and novelist, regarded as one of the greatest German romantic lyricists

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It’s typical of his approach that his excavation of brain science includes an extended riff about the translation of a brief poem by the 19th-century Prussian writer Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff.

From New York Times Nov. 20, 2019

The same year, while still at Perchtoldsdorf, after having published a volume of Eichendorff Lieder, he became absorbed in a new cycle—the Spanisches-Liederbuch, on Spanish poems translated by Heyse.

From Musicians of To-Day by Mary Blaiklock

His imagination was also more sensitive to subtle shades of meaning in the text and he was inspired by the wonderful lyrics of Heine, Eichendorff and Chamisso who in Schubert's day had written very177 little.

From Music: An Art and a Language by Walter Raymond Spalding

I have always carried Eichendorff Is book of songs with me on my travels.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English by Various

Eichendorff was one of the most distinguished of the later members of the German romantic school.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various

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