Blumen morden: Synästhetische Interventionen

<jats:p>This article focuses on Ferdinand Freiligrath’s 1838 ballad 'Der Blumen Rache' (The Revenge of the Flowers) and its renowned musical adaptation by Carl Loewe in 1839. It explores the connection between synesthesia, the aesthetics of violence, and the history of knowledge in a composition that takes its title quite literally.</jats:p>