Loreley

Many of you know that the Loreley is a huge rock along the Rhein, where a siren is said to sit also called Loreley sometimes and distract sailors from the danger of the narrow passage, leading them to their deaths.

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But the name Loreley does occur [40] twice on the same page on which the last strophe of the ballad is published in _Urania_, and here the ballad is not entitled "Der Lurleifels," but simply "Loreley."

Graf von Loeben and the Legend of Lorelei Allen Wilson Porterfield

"Loreley" is also reprinted here, with modifications for the worse.

Graf von Loeben and the Legend of Lorelei Allen Wilson Porterfield

It remains, [91] therefore, simply to point out some of the peculiarities of Brentano's "Loreley" as protrayed in the

Graf von Loeben and the Legend of Lorelei Allen Wilson Porterfield

One of these days Fraulein Genast is again singing the "Loreley" at the Philharmonic Concert in Hamburg.

Letters Liszt, Franz 1893

"Loreley" as her concluding song, and the Frau Princess Victoria expressed herself very favorably about it, remarking that a Schubert spirit breathed in the composition.

Letters Liszt, Franz 1893

I am pleased that you included the old "Loreley," with fresh orchestral accompaniments, in your concert programme.

Letters Liszt, Franz 1893

The pianoforte transcription of the "Loreley" has cost me more trouble than I expected.

Letters Liszt, Franz 1893

Geibel has lately brought out his opera-text to the "Loreley," and several composers are already setting to work on it (or under it).

Letters Liszt, Franz 1893

In addition to this, there will be two pieces by Berlioz, the finale of Mendelssohn's "Loreley," the Ninth Symphony, etc.

Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt Tr 1888