Rellstab, (Heinrich Friedrich) Ludwig (1799-1860)

German critic, novelist, and poet, son of the publisher and critic Johann Karl Friedrich Rellstab (1759-1813). He studied with Ludwig Berger and Bernhard Klein, and followed his father as music critic of the Vossische Zeitung and edited the periodical Iris im Gebiete der Tonkunst 1830-42. He was imprisoned for satirizing Henriette Sontag's devotion to Rossini's operas and attacking Gaspare Spontini. His books include various musical studies and several novels on musical themes. Schubert set ten of his poems to music, including Ständchen. See Schwanengesang.