The song "Das Veilchen" was written to a poem by a writer that died in what year?
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ( ; ] ; 28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German writer and statesman. His works include epic and lyric poetry; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour; and four novels. In addition, numerous literary and scientific fragments, more than 10,000 letters, and nearly 3,000 drawings by him exist.
Mathilde Wesendonck Mathilde Wesendonck (23 December 182831 August 1902) was a German poet and author. She is best known as the friend and possible paramour of Richard Wagner, who set five songs to her words, called the "Wesendonck Lieder".