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Abendglocken klangen schon durch das stille Thal (album leaf) : autograph manuscript, 1839 Mar. 7.

Record ID
228821
Creator
Truhn, Friedrich Hieronymous, 1811-1886.
Biographical Data
German composer and writer on music.
Object title

Abendglocken klangen schon durch das stille Thal (album leaf) : autograph manuscript, 1839 Mar. 7.

Uniform title
Abendglocken klangen schon durch das stille Thal (Album leaf)
Date
1839 Mar. 7.
Inscriptions/Markings
At the end: "Am 7t[en] März 1839 bei graulichem Schneewetter auf Lewÿ's Zimmer im Hôtel de St. Petersburg zu Berlin. F. Hieronÿmus Truhn."
Notes
Ten measures; for voice and piano.
The text, by Eichendorff, begins: Die Abendglocken klangen schon durch das stille Thal.
The reference may be to the horn player Eduard Kontsantin Lewy. Various Lewys are named on f. 67v of the Ganz album, which is dated 8 March 1839.
Associated names
Eichendorff, Joseph, Freiherr von, 1788-1857.
Ganz, Leopold, 1806-1869, former owner.
Truhn, Friedrich Hieronymous, 1811-1886. Abendglocken klangen schon durch das stille Thal.