Johann Vesque von Puttlingen was not only an outstanding composer, he was also one of the leading law practitioners of his day. He was once described as “the most important Austrian composer of lieder between Schubert and Brahms.”; The majority of this program has never before been recorded. An equal balance of serious and comic lieder has been chosen.; Tenor Lothar Blum performs these clever works, accompanied by pianist Tobias Krampen.