Vor 220 Jahren wurde Nikolaus Lenau (1802-1850) geboren
Nikolaus Lenau (1802–1850) was born 220 years ago

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this work is to remind the readers of the life and work of the most important Austrian poet of the 19th century. On the basis of a biographical account of the poet's career, we immerse ourselves as it were in the genesis of his works and attempt to shed light on the motivations that enabled the poet to create immortal works. His deep emotional world, his "sensory" perceptions are being brought to the reader as poetic mirror images and expressive verses. According to J.W. Goethe it could be proven that Nikolaus Lenau possessed the richest vocabulary of any German-speaking poet. Over 300 settings to music by well-known composers such as Franz Liszt, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Robert Schumann, Richard Strauss, Arnold Schönberg, Hugo Wolf, Max Reger, Carl Orff et al.; only the Schilflieder (Reed Songs) were set to music over 150 times. No German poem could claim to enjoy this musical favor.

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