Bidspirit auction | Greef - Men's Songs

Greef - Men's Songs - Music.- Greef, W. (Ed.). Men's Songs, Old and New, for Friends of Polyphonic Male Choral Singing. 9 booklets, together in 1 vol. Essen, Bädeker, 1848-55. Oblong octavo. Contemporary half-leather binding (somewhat rubbed and bumped). Mixed edition, original covers bound in. - The teacher, composer and organist Wilhelm Greef (1809-1875) composed 'Wacht am Rhein', the unofficial national anthem of the German Empire. - Bound with: 20 pages of music in an old hand, including 'Das Hallelujah', 'Ich danke dem Herrn' etc. - Contemporary signature 'A. Weber' on the endpaper.