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The Library of the World’s Best Literature. An Anthology in Thirty Volumes. 1917.

Johann Abraham Peter Schulz (1747–1800)

Schulz, Johann Abraham Peter (shölts). A German musical composer and song-writer, born at Lüneburg, March 30, 1747; died at Schwedt, June 10, 1800. Among the most popular of his songs are: ‘On the Rhine, On the Rhine’; ‘Lo, the Heavens, How Clear’; ‘Last Hour of the Year.’ His oratorios and choruses, his songs from Racine’s ‘Athalie,’ and his operas ‘Minona’ and ‘Aline,’ rank among the best productions of his time.