Wilhelmine von Schwertzell explained

Wilhelmine von Schwertzell (1787-1863)^[1] was a German author, lieder composer,^{[2] [3]} and folklorist who helped Wilhelm Grimm collect fairy tales.^[4]

Schwertzell was born in Willingshausen to Luise Freiin von Bozenburg-Stadtfeld and Georg von Schwertzell.^[5] Little is known about her education. She met Wilhelm Grimm through her brother Fritz, who studied with Wilhelm in Kassel and Marburg. Wilhelm and Wilhelmine corresponded extensively; at least 75 of their letters survive.

The Brothers Grimm (Jacob and Wilhelm) collected folk or fairy tales from many sources.^[6] Schwertzell contributed at least one: Gevatter Tod (Grim Reaper).^[7] She also wrote a story about a rune stone and a buried treasure as a gift to Wilhelm on his birthday.

Schwertzell’s music was published by Heinrich Albert Probst^[8] (later Kistner & Siegel).^[9] Her publications include:

Book

• Leben und liebe eine Novelle [Life and Love: A Novella] (with Franz Horn and Julie von Reutern)^[10]

Fairy Tale

• Gevatter Tod (Grim Reaper)

Music

• 12 Lieder for 1, 2, und 3 Singstimmen mit Pianoforte^{[11] [12]}
  • no. 1. “Lied der Vöglein” (text by Ernst Conrad Friendrich Schulze)
  • no. 2. “Jägerlied” (text by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
  • no. 3. “Geistliches Abendlied” (text by anonymous)
  • no. 4. “Abschied” (text by Johann Ludwig Uhland)
  • no. 5. “Wächteruf” (text by Johann Peter Hebel)
  • no. 6. “Aus die Fischerin” (text by Goethe)
  • no. 7. “Herbstlied” (text by Johann Ludwig Tieck)
  • no. 8. “Einkehr” (text by Uhland)
  • no. 9. “Aus Genoveva” (text by Tieck)
  • no. 10. “Trost” (text by Friedrich Heinrich Karl and Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué)
  • no. 11. “Bundeslied” (text by Goethe)
  • no. 12. “An den Mond” (text by Goethe)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bunzel . Anja . Johanna Kinkel Research in the Twenty-First Century Women's Philharmonic Advocacy . 2022-11-09 . en-US.
2. Book: Hixon, Donald L. . Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography . 1993 . Scarecrow Press . Don A. Hennessee . 0-8108-2769-7 . 2nd . Metuchen, N.J. . 28889156.
3. Book: Laurence, Anya . Women of notes : 1 000 women composers born before 1900 . 1978 . Richards Rosen Press . 1137758426.
4. Web site: 29. Juli─01. September ¤ WTB: • Willingshäuser Malersymposium • - Künstlerkolonie Willingshausen . 2022-11-09 . www.malerkolonie.de.
5. Rebel . Hermann . 1988 . Why Not 'Old Marie'... Or Someone Very Much like Her? A Reassessment of the Question about the Grimms' Contributors from a Social Historical Perspective . Social History . 13 . 1 . 1–24 . 10.1080/03071028808567699 . 4285654 . 0307-1022.
6. Web site: Welle (www.dw.com) . Deutsche . Baśnie braci Grimm od 200 lat bawią nie tylko dzieci DW 19.12.2012 . 2022-11-09 . DW.COM . pl-PL.
7. Book: Schnack, Ingeborg . Lebensbilder aus Kurhessen und Waldeck 1830-1930 . 1958 . N.G. Elwert . de.
8. Web site: Zwoelf Lieder von Göthe, Fouqué, Hebel, Tiek u. Uhland für eine, zwei und drei Sing-Stimmen mit Begleitung des Piano-Forte WorldCat.org . 2022-11-09 . www.worldcat.org . en.
9. Web site: Kistner . 2022-11-09 . imslp.org.
10. Web site: Schwertzell . Wilhelmine . Leben und Liebe eine Novelle . 2022-11-09 . www.worldcat.org . en.
11. Web site: Wilhelmine Schwertzell von Willingshausen Song Texts LiederNet . 2022-11-09 . www.lieder.net.
12. Book: Cohen, Aaron I. . International encyclopedia of women composers . 1987 . 0-9617485-2-4 . Second edition, revised and enlarged . New York . 629 . 16714846.