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German poet and novelist (1788-1857)

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Joseph von Eichendorff (10 March 1788 – 26 November 1857) was a German writer, translator, playwright, and diarist associated with the Romanticism and German Romanticism movements. A citizen of the Kingdom of Prussia and a member of the Catholic Church, he was educated at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, the University of Vienna, and Heidelberg University. His literary career included work in Wrocław, Gdańsk, and Berlin, and he received the Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art.

Eichendorff’s notable works include *Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts und das Marmorbild*, *Ueber die ethische und religiöse Bedeutung der neueren romantischen Poesie in Deutschland*, *Briefe und Dichtungen*, *Joseph von Eichendorff im Urteil seiner Zeit*, and *Der letzte Held von Marienburg*. He resided in Jánský Vrch and died in Nysa of pneumonia.

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Person · Open Library

Born
10 March 1788
Died
26 November 1857
Works
285

Top works

  • Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts und das Marmorbild
  • Ueber die ethische und religiöse Bedeutung der neueren romantischen Poesie in Deutschland
  • Briefe und Dichtungen
  • Joseph von Eichendorff im Urteil seiner Zeit
  • Der letzte Held von Marienburg

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Germany
Active from
1788
Active to
1857
has german audiobooks

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
372
Total plays
3,414

Tags

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Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff (10 March 1788 – 26 November 1857) was a German poet and novelist of the later German romantic school. Eichendorff is regarded as one of the most important German Romantics and his works have sustained high popularity in Germany from production to the present day. Eichendorff's poetry has been set by many composers, including Schumann, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Hugo Wolf, Richard Strauss, Friedrich Nietzsche, Hans Pfitzner, and Alexander Zemlinsky. <a href="https://

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. You Only Look Once: Unified, Real-Time Object Detection

    · 2016 · cited 40,334x

  2. SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python

    · 2020 · cited 36,569x

  3. Naturalistic inquiry

    · 1985 · cited 34,831x

  4. IQ-TREE: A Fast and Effective Stochastic Algorithm for Estimating Maximum-Likelihood Phylogenies

    · 2014 · cited 24,537x

  5. When to use and how to report the results of PLS-SEM

    · 2019 · cited 21,523x

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Joseph von Eichendorff, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

˜ The Last Held of Marienburg: Game of mourning

˜ The Last Held of Marienburg: Game of mourning

Ze života darmochleba: novella Josefa svobodného pána Eichendorffa

Ze života darmochleba: novella Josefa svobodného pána Eichendorffa

Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff’s works. 2, knowledge and presence

Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff’s works. 2, knowledge and presence

Lucius

Lucius

Still/music: H. Wolf, text: v. Eichendorff

Still/music: H. Wolf, text: v. Eichendorff

Acknowledgement and Presence

Acknowledgement and Presence

Poems

Poems

Novelle

Novelle

The walnut/music: Robert Schumann. Text. J. Mosen

The walnut/music: Robert Schumann. Text. J. Mosen

Who has you beautiful forest/[Music: F. Mendelssohn; Text: J. von Eichendorff]

Who has you beautiful forest/[Music: F. Mendelssohn; Text: J. von Eichendorff]

Also includes: The two Grenadiers = The two grenadiers/(Schumann) [Unity Night: Romances and Ballads, op. 49 <Die ält Grenadiere>] (further template title)

Also includes: The two Grenadiers = The two grenadiers/(Schumann) [Unity Night: Romances and Ballads, op. 49 <Die ält Grenadiere>] (further template title)

From my great pain: Op. 5 No. 1/(Music: Franz; Words: Heine)

From my great pain: Op. 5 No. 1/(Music: Franz; Words: Heine)

Moonnight/music: Schumann. Text: v. Eichendorf

Moonnight/music: Schumann. Text: v. Eichendorf

The Schreckenberger (Hugo Wolf)

The Schreckenberger (Hugo Wolf)

The little one, Hugo Wolf, Eichendorff

The little one, Hugo Wolf, Eichendorff

Where I go and look, duet/of Mendelssohn

Where I go and look, duet/of Mendelssohn

Moonnight/music: Schumann. Text: von Eichendorf

Moonnight/music: Schumann. Text: von Eichendorf

Lunar Night

Lunar Night

The Nude Tree

The Nude Tree

The Lotus Flower/Text by H. Heine. Music by Robert Schumann

The Lotus Flower/Text by H. Heine. Music by Robert Schumann

Lunar night (op. 39, no. 5)/(Schumann. Words by Eichendorff)

Lunar night (op. 39, no. 5)/(Schumann. Words by Eichendorff)

In a cool background/[Musik: F. In; Text: J. von Eichendorff]

In a cool background/[Musik: F. In; Text: J. von Eichendorff]

Lunar Night

Lunar Night

Whose God wants to show right favor/[Music: Fr. T. Fröhlich; Text: Joseph von Eichendorf]

Whose God wants to show right favor/[Music: Fr. T. Fröhlich; Text: Joseph von Eichendorf]

The Stem/(Eichendorff - Hugo Wolff). [Publisher:] The Hugo Wolf Society

The Stem/(Eichendorff - Hugo Wolff). [Publisher:] The Hugo Wolf Society

Moonnight/von Schumann

Moonnight/von Schumann

Two novellas along with a hanging of songs and romances

Two novellas along with a hanging of songs and romances

Lunar night/(Rob. Schumann)

Lunar night/(Rob. Schumann)

Frühlingsnacht

Frühlingsnacht

˜ The German Roman of the Eighteenth Century in its Relationship to Christ

˜ The German Roman of the Eighteenth Century in its Relationship to Christ

From the literary estate of Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorffs

From the literary estate of Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorffs

Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff’s works. 1, poems

Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff’s works. 1, poems

Julian

Julian

Poems

Poems

A lot of noise about nothing: By Joseph Frh. von Eichendorff and the several mud collectors and Hungarian national faces of Clemens Brentano; 2 Novellen

A lot of noise about nothing: By Joseph Frh. von Eichendorff and the several mud collectors and Hungarian national faces of Clemens Brentano; 2 Novellen

Anthology from the works of Joseph von Eichendorff: With Biography

Anthology from the works of Joseph von Eichendorff: With Biography

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Encyclopedic overview

Joseph von Eichendorff as a young man Eichendorff, etching by Franz Kugler, 1832 Eichendorff's birthplace, Lubowitz Castle, Ratibor (photo from 1939). It was destroyed in March 1945 during the Upper Silesian Offensive. The territory was awarded to Poland after World War II. The remains of Lubowitz Castle, Racibórz (Poland), 2008. Note Eichendorff's portrait on the wall. The German inscription (Keinen Dichter noch ließ seine Heimat los) translates to "No poet's homeland has ever relinquished its hold on him", a quote from his novel Dichter und ihre Gesellen. Matthias Claudius' works, vol. 1 Heidelberg Castle by Carl Blechen, 1829

Joseph Karl Benedikt Freiherr von Eichendorff ( German: [fɔn ˈaɪçn̩dɔʁf]; 10 March 1788 – 26 November 1857) was a German poet, novelist, playwright, literary critic, translator, and anthologist. Eichendorff was one of the major writers and critics of Romanticism. Ever since their publication and up to the present day, some of his works have been very popular in German-speaking Europe.

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