Schiller, (Johann Christian) Friedrich von

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Schiller, (Johann Christian) Friedrich von

Schiller, (Johann Christian) Friedrich von, great German man of letters; b. Marbach, Nov. 10, 1759; d. Weimar, May 9, 1805. Many musicians have turned to his works for inspiration.

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M. Berendt, S. bis Wagner (Berlin, 1901); J. Baltz, Beethoven und S. (Arnsberg, 1905); A. Kohut, F. S. in seinen Beziehungen zur Musik (Stuttgart, 1905); H. Knudsen, S. und die Musik (diss., Univ. of Greifswald, 1908); G. Adler, S. und Schubert (Vienna, 1910).

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