Robert Leonhardt, Andreas Hofer (Columbia E4997, 1921) - Kostenloses Hörbuch

Performer: Robert Leonhardt

Matrix and take number: 86875-2

Catalog number: Columbia E4997 (10-inch 78 rpm record)

Runout: 86875

Title: Andreas Hofer (text: Julius Mosen, 1831; music: Leopold Knebelsberger, 1844)

Bariton mit Orchesterbegleitung [= baritone with orchestra accompaniment]

Folk Song - German

Recorded New York, NY, ca. December 1920.

Label printing date code: AV (= January 1921). Released in 1921.

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Robert Leonhardt was an Austrian baritone (born 1877 in Linz, Austria – died 1923 in New York, NY, USA), who sang at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, from 1913-1918 and 1919-1922.

The "Andreas-Hofer-Lied" is a popular song that celebrates Tyrolean patriot Andreas Hofer's bravely facing his execution by French Napoleonic soldiers.

The recording on the other side of this disc: Reiters Morgenlied.