Ludwig Christian Erk (6 January 1807, Wetzlar – 25 November 1883, Berlin) was a German musicologist, music teacher, academic, composer and folk-song collector. Bibliography Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz: Erk, Ludwig Christian. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Band 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2., unveränderte Auflage Hamm 1990, , Sp. 1535. Max Friedlaender: Erk, Ludwig. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). volume 48, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1904, S. 394–397. Walter Salmen: Erk, Ludwig Christian. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, , p. 590 f. (digitalised). Ernst Schade: Was das Volk zu singen weiss, Ludwig Erk: Leben und Werk eines Liedersammlers, 1992, ImHayn Verl., 1807 births 1883 deaths People from Wetzlar Musicologists from Berlin German folk-song collectors 19th-century German composers 19th-century German musicologists