Ludwig Christian Erk
born Wetzlar, January 6, 1807; died Berlin, November 25, 1883
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German music teacher, choir director, composer, and editor of folksongs and chorales.
Schenker used Erk's Johann Sebastian Bachs Choralgesänge und geistliche Arien (Leipzig: Peters), Part I (1850), Part II (1865) in his teaching.
Henry Davey cites Erk's collections of Bach's chorales in "Some Points in Bach's Treatment of the Chorale," Proceedings of the Musical Association xxiv (1897/98), pp. 1-22.
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- Sigrun Heinzelmann