Adelbert von Chamisso
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Adelbert von Chamisso was a German poet, writer and botanist. He was commonly known in French as Adelbert de Chamisso de Boncourt, a name referring to the family estate at Boncourt.
Chamisso's tomb in Berlin
The pictured Mojave suncup, Camissonia brevipes, is an example of a genus named for the poet-botanist.
Frauen-Liebe und Leben
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Frauen-Liebe und Leben is a cycle of poems by Adelbert von Chamisso, written in late 1829 and early 1830. They describe the course of a woman's love for a man, from their first meeting to her widowhoo
Adelbert von Chamisso
…French. Between 1801 and 1804 he became closely associated with other writers and edited their journal. As a poet Chamisso's reputation stands high. Frauenliebe und -leben (1830), a cycle of lyrical poems which was set to music by Robert Schumann, by Carl Loewe, and by Franz Paul Lachner, is particularly famous. Composers…
(from left) Franz Lachner, Schubert, and Eduard von Bauernfeld at a heuriger in Grinzing
Robert Schumann in 1839; lithograph by Josef Kriehuber