Tags: Poem.
Sir Toggenburg (Ritter Toggenburg) is a ballad by Friedrich Schiller written in 1797 the year of his friendly ballad competition with Goethe. The text was used to inspire a Symphonic Poem of the same name by the New German composer and conductor Wendelin Weißheimer. Its premiere was given in Leipzig on 1 November 1862 though factions of the Leipzig public boycotted the concert and the hall was only half full.