Wilhelmine von Schwertzell

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.[4]

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.[5]

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

  1. ^ Bunzel, Anja. "Johanna Kinkel Research in the Twenty-First Century | Women's Philharmonic Advocacy". Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  2. ^ Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
  3. ^ Laurence, Anya (1978). Women of notes : 1 000 women composers born before 1900. Richards Rosen Press. OCLC 1137758426.
  4. ^ a b "29. Juli─01. September ¤ WTB: • Willingshäuser Malersymposium • - Künstlerkolonie Willingshausen". www.malerkolonie.de. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  5. ^ a b 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. doi:10.1080/03071028808567699. ISSN 0307-1022. JSTOR 4285654.
  6. ^ Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Baśnie braci Grimm od 200 lat bawią nie tylko dzieci | DW | 19.12.2012". DW.COM (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  7. ^ Schnack, Ingeborg (1958). Lebensbilder aus Kurhessen und Waldeck 1830-1930 (in German). N.G. Elwert.
  8. ^ "Zwoelf Lieder von Göthe, Fouqué, Hebel, Tiek u. Uhland für eine, zwei und drei Sing-Stimmen mit Begleitung des Piano-Forte | WorldCat.org". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  9. ^ "Kistner". imslp.org. Retrieved 2022-11-09.