Ballads from old Vienna
Ballads from Old Vienna is a volume of poetry by the Austrian writer Franz Karl Ginzkey , published in 1923. The edition was illustrated and furnished by Maria Grengg . As early as 1922 a book with the same content appeared under the title Once Upon a Time. Old Viennese ballads with illustrations by Heinrich Lefler . Five ballads from it have already been published in the volume Ballads and New Songs from 1910.
content
The 17 ballads deal with topics from the history of Vienna , especially anecdotes about historical figures such as Prince Eugen , Mozart or Abraham a Sancta Clara and traditions, sagas and legends from medieval Vienna. Most of the ballads have a humorous character. A local patriotic trait and a glorifying view, especially of the historical people of Vienna, are unmistakable. The best-known ballad is probably the one about dear Augustine ; other popular myths are used in “The Basilisk ” and “The Heavenly Porter”.
The book includes the following seals:
- The sleeping carriage (already in ballads and new songs )
- Boy Mozart in Schönbrunn
- The May Queen
- The violet festival
- Theater in Schönbrunn
- Ball in the Apollo hall
- The dead light (already in ballads and new songs )
- The song of the bowler Simon Gnu
- The sky gatekeeper
- Abraham a Sancta Clara (already in ballads and new songs )
- The basilisk (already in ballads and new songs )
- Frohwitza
- Ballad from dear Augustine
- Martin Mux
- The sausage duel
- The devil and the Bognerin
- The Canon of Passau
expenditure
- Once upon a time . Munk, Vienna 1922.
- Ballads from old Vienna . Wila, Vienna 1923.
- Old Viennese ballads . Österreichischer Bundesverlag, Vienna 1955.
- Ballad from dear Augustine . Vinyl record. Amadeo, Vienna 1961.
Settings
- Karl Herrmann: Old Viennese Ballads , for voice and piano, op.310
- Vilma von Webenau : The sky porter . Song for voice and piano
- Emil Petschnig : Ballad from dear Augustin , for voice and orchestra
- Emil Petschnig: The Canon of Passau , for voice and piano (1925)
literature
- Austrian Research Institute for Economics and Politics (Ed.): Reports and information . Vol. 15, 1960, p. 21.
- Sudetenland. Vol. 15. Bogen Verlag, 1973, p. 117.
- Wilhelm Kosch (Ed.): German Literature Lexicon. The 20th century . Vol. 11. De Gruyter, 2008, ISBN 978-3-908255-11-6 , pp. 233-236.
- Killy literary dictionary. Authors and works from the German-speaking cultural area . Vol. 4. De Gruyter, 2009, ISBN 978-3-11-021390-4 , p. 220.