"Hermann und Thusnelda" is a poem written in 1752 by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock exalting the Cheruscan chieftain Arminius, whom Johannes Turmair and Martin Luther named Hermann in the 16th century,[1] and his wife Thusnelda. The poem was set to music by Franz Schubert in 1815 (D 322).[2]
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- ^ Dürhammer, Ilija. Schuberts literarische Heimat: Dichtung und Literatur-Rezeption der Schubert-Freunde. Böhlau-Verlag: Wien, Köln, Weimar, 1999. Page 369.