Friedrich Schiller

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Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (November 10, 1759 in Maarbach, Württemberg – May 9, 1805 in Weimar), usually known as Friedrich Schiller, was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and dramatist.

Contents 1 Life 2 Works 2.1 Plays 2.2 Poems 3 Links

[edit] Life

[edit] Works

[edit] Plays

• Die Räuber (The Robbers) (1781)
• Kabale und Liebe (Intrigue and Love) (1784)
• Don Carlos, Infant von Spanien (Don Carlos) (1787)
• Wallenstein (1800)
• Die Jungfrau von Orleans (The Maid of Orleans) (1801)
• Maria Stuart (Mary Stuart) (1801)
• Turandot (1802)
• Die Braut von Messina (1803)
• Wilhelm Tell (William Tell) (1804)
• Demetrius (unfinished at his death)

[edit] Poems

• An die Freude or Ode to Joy (1785) which became the basis for the fourth movement of Beethoven's ninth symphony
• The Artists
• The Cranes of Ibykus
• The Bell
• Columbus
• Hope
• Pegasus in Harness
• The Glove
• Nänie which Brahms set to music

[edit] Links

• Works by Friedrich Schiller at Project Gutenberg

• Friedrich Schiller Chronology
• "Say it loud – it's Schiller and it's proud" by George Steiner
• 2005 is Schiller year: all dates
• Letters upon the Education of Man at [1]
• Schiller Monument in Schiller Park, German Village, Columbus, Ohio, USA[2]
• Schiller multimedial combines a biographical observation by Norbert Oellers with classic recordings and video clips
• Mobile Schiller Mobile Java application containing 20 poems of Schiller