Friedrich Silcher

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Phillipp Friedrich Silcher (June 27, 1789 in Schnait (today part of Weinstadt)- August 26, 1860 in Tübingen), was a German song composer.

[edit] Life

Silcher was meant to be a school teacher, but dedicated himself entirely to music in the seminary in Ludwigsburg after he met Carl Maria von Weber. He was taught composition and piano by C. Kreutzer and Johann Nepomuk Hummel. In 1817 was named musical director at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen. He is regarded one of the most important protagonists of choir singing. He arranged many German and international folk songs, that even today remain standard repertoire of many choirs in Germany and became an integral part of German daily life. In 1829 Silcher founded the "Akademische Liedertafel" in Tübingen and directed it until his death. He was married to Luise Rosine Ensslin (*06 September 1804 in Tübingen, †17 June 1871 in Tübingen). They had two daughters and one son.

A wine varietal was named after him, the Silcher (not to be confused with Schilcher). The asteroid 10055 Silcher also bears the composer's name.

He died August 26, 1860 in Tübingen.

[edit] Works

Amongst his best known songs are:

• "Ich hatt' einen Kameraden"
• "Alle Jahre wieder"
• "Am Brunnen vor dem Tore" (Original version by Schubert, the best known by Silcher)
• "Die Lorelei"

Persondata
NAME	Silcher, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	German composer
DATE OF BIRTH	1789-06-27
PLACE OF BIRTH	Weinstadt
DATE OF DEATH	1860-08-26
PLACE OF DEATH	Tübingen

[edit] External links

• Friedrich Silcher free scores in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
• Free scores by Friedrich Silcher in the Werner Icking Music Archive (WIMA)
• Friedrich Silcher was listed in the International Music Score Library Project
• Friedrich Silcher at Find A Grave
• The Lorelei song MP3 was set to music in 1837 by Friedrich Silcher.