Friedrich Wilhelm Arnold

Friedrich Wilhelm Arnold (3 March 1810 – 12 February 1864) was a German musician, music seller, publisher and folk-song collector.

[3][4][5] Ursula, also known as Lina, received piano instruction from Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms, with both of whom she maintained contact throughout her life.

[9] He had business relations and personal contact to several contemporary composers including Robert and Clara Schumann as well as Johannes Brahms.

In this he collaborated with like-minded scholars such as Philipp Wackernagel, Anton Wilhelm von Zuccalmaglio, Karl Simrock, Johannes Brahms and Ludwig Uhland.

In 1863 the editor of the "Jahrbücher für musikalische Wissenschaft" ("Annals of Musical Science"), Friedrich Chrysander, invited Arnold to submit this work for publication.

Friedrich Wilhelm Arnold in academic attire holding the manuscript of his novella "Die Blutbrücke"