Anton Wilhelm von Zuccalmaglio, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Anton Wilhelm von Zuccalmaglio

German composer

Date of Birth: 12-Apr-1803

Place of Birth: Waldbröl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date of Death: 23-Mar-1869

Profession: writer, composer, poet

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Anton Wilhelm von Zuccalmaglio

  • Anton Wilhelm Florentin von Zuccalmaglio (12 April 1803 – 23 March 1869) was a German dialectologist, folklorist, folk-song collector, poet, and composer.
  • Born in Waldbröl, he was one of six children born to politician and jurist Jakob Salentin von Zuccalmaglio and Clara Deycks.
  • His brother Vinzenz Jakob von Zuccalmaglio was a successful writer and poet. The song "Kein schöner Land in dieser Zeit" (No more beautiful country in this time [these times]) was published by him as an "Abendlied" (evening song or hymn) in 1840.
  • It was one of many in a collection of Volksliedern (folk songs), but in fact Anton Wilhelm von Zuccalmaglio himself is the author of "Kein schöner Land in dieser Zeit".
  • One of those words is confusing even to some German native speakers, as "schöner" is here a shortened form of "kein schöneres Land ...", 'not one land/country (being) more beautiful ...'.
  • The song continues to be found in almost every collection of traditional German songs. He died at Haus Nachrodt near Altena.

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