A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Wilhelm, Carl

WILHELM, Carl, worthy of commemoration only as composer of the Wacht am Rhein; born at Schmalkalden, Sept. 5, 1815, and died there Aug. 26, 1875 [App. p.817 "Aug. 16, 1873"]. He directed the Liedertafel at Crefeld from 1840–65, composed his famous Song in 1854, and received an annual pension of £150 for it in 1871.

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