Robert Reinick (22 February 1805 – 7 February 1852) was a German painter and poet, associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. One of his poems, Dem Vaterland, was set to music by Hugo Wolf and another, The Flight into Egypt was the libretto for a cantata by Max Bruch.[1] He wrote the libretto to Schumann's opera Genoveva.
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Reinick was born in Danzig (Gdańsk) and died in Dresden.
References
edit- ^ Prieser, Marcus. "Flight of the Holy Family Op. 20 for choir and orchestra/ Flight into Egypt Op. 31, 1 for soprano, choir and orchestra". repertoire-explorer.musikmph.de. Musikproduktion Hoeflich. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
External links
edit- Biografie Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
- Werkverzeichnis bei Litlinks.it
- Vertonung des Gedichts „Wie ist die Erde doch so schön”
- Works by Robert Reinick at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Robert Reinick at the Internet Archive
- Works by Robert Reinick at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)