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Carl Ferdinand August Linger [B 6746] • Photograph

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Summary

Carl Ferdinand August Linger arrived in South Australia from Germany in 1849. He founded and conducted the German Liedertafel in Adelaide and also composed church music. This photograph was reproduced onto the cover of the Adelaide Liedertafel 50th Anniversary Souvenir in 1908. He also played harmonium at St Francis Xavier Cathedral. He won a contest to write music to accompany Caroline Carleton's poem "Song of Australia". He accomplished this within one week.

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Physical description

Photograph; 9.7 cm x 6.4 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1860

Photographer

Kodak Limited

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Linger, Carl, 1810-1862

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Digitisation information

Date

01/04/2003

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,027 x 3,106 pixels (6.3 MP)

Size

6.31 MB

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