Karl Wilhelm 4278301 191779400 2008-02-16T02:56:25Z Olessi 220894 cats {{for|silent film director|Carl Wilhelm}} [[Image:5-WD-4_-_Krefeld_(0NW)_1_.jpg|thumb|Monument to Karl Wilhelm in Krefeld]] '''Karl Wilhelm''', also '''Carl Wilhelm''' ([[September 5]] [[1815]] – [[August 26]] [[1873]] was a [[Germany|German]] choral director. He is best known as the [[composer]] of the song "[[Die Wacht am Rhein]]." Wilhelm was born in [[Schmalkalden]]. He was a student of [[Aloys Schmitt]] and [[A. André]]. From 1841 to 1864 he was the director of the [[Krefeld]] [[Liedertafel]]. In Krefeld in 1854 he set to words "Die Wacht am Rhein," the poem [[Max Schneckenburger]] wrote in 1840. In recognition of the success and the national importance of this song, he received numerous honors and on [[June 24]] [[1871]] he received a personal acknowledgment from [[Chancellor of the German Empire]] [[Otto von Bismarck]]. In the same year he received an annual gift from the government of 3,000 [[mark (money)|mark]]s, which was then more than four times a typical salary. From 1865 on Wilhelm worked as the director of the music society in [[Schmalkalden]], where he died eight years later. == External links == * {{PND|117380970}} * {{IMSLP|id=Wilhelm%2C_Karl|cname=Karl Wilhelm}} {{de}} {{BD|1815|1873|Wilhelm, Karl}} [[Category:German conductors]] [[Category:German composers]] [[Category:People from Schmalkalden]] [[Category:People from the Electorate of Hesse]] [[de:Karl Wilhelm]] [[fr:Karl Wilhelm (compositeur)]]