Daniel Friedrich Eduard Wilsing (* October 21, 1809 in Hörde; † May 2, 1893 in Berlin) was a German composer of the Romantic period.
He received his education in Wesel, Dortmund and Soest (teachers' seminary). In the field of music he was initially self-taught. Between 1829 and 1834 he was organist at the Lutheran ''Haupt- und Mathena-Kirche'' in Wesel, but fell out with the presbytery there. Only after moving to Berlin in 1834 did he receive composition lessons; like Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, he was a student of Ludwig Berger.
The largely unknown composer was held in high esteem by Robert Schumann, among others, who considered him to be a ''profound, spiritual composer of great art among the highly aspiring artists of recent times''.
A serious mental illness prevented Wilsing from further composing after midlife and towards the end of his life he burned all his personal documents.
Of his works, his "De profundis" (for four choirs with orchestra) stands out above all. In addition, he created piano works as well as vocal literature.
