Franz Xaver Huber (satirist)
Franz Xaver Huber (born October 10, 1755 in Beneschau in Bohemia ; died July 25, 1814 in Mainz ) was an Austrian journalist , satirist and librettist .
Life
Huber was the son of Johann Paul Huber, Feldscher in the Austro-Hungarian regiment Hildburghausen and Anna Maria Huber. He worked first in Prague and from 1781 in Vienna as a journalist for various magazines.
On September 28, 1797, he married the pianist and composer Walburga Willmann in Vienna . The best man was the composer Franz Xaver Süßmayr. From 1804 he had to leave Austria as a partisan of Napoleon and since then has stayed in various German cities, including Munich and Mainz .
In addition to his journalistic work, he wrote several satires, as well as numerous comedies and libretti for singspiele and operas, including the text to Ludwig van Beethoven's oratorio Christ on the Mount of Olives .
The fact that the name is identical with the Innviertel publicist Franz Xaver Huber , who was also born in 1755, causes some confusion in the literature and especially among lexicographers. Often works of one person are attributed to the other or an incorrect date of death is given, i.e. the year of death of the publicist 1809 for the person being treated here. The singing and comedy plays can be assigned to the librettist discussed here, and the writings that appeared in Salzburg, with the exception of Brother Felizian's strange journey, to the Innviertel publicist. He is also often wrongly ascribed to stage works by Ludwig Ferdinand Huber , since the genre is similar and also appeared in Vienna .
Huber died in exile in Mainz in 1814 at the age of 58.
Works
- Religion and priest. Essays. 3 parts. Prague & Vienna 1782, part 1 , 2 , 3 .
- The beggar student, or the thunderstorm, an original pleasure game in 2 lifts. Vienna 1785.
- Letters from Rome about the Enlightenment in Austria. From the Italian of Zakkaria , papal secret writer, to his spiritual friends. Published by a Protestant. Frankfurt and Leipzig 1785, digitized .
- The donkey ride to Holland. A fairy tale for the twentieth century. Goldbach 1785, digitized .
- The air ball announced on August 24, 1786 in Augsburg. A heroic poem in Knittel verse. Augsburg 1786, digitized .
- The blue donkey. A story written by a learned mule. Novel. 2 parts. Leipzig 1786. 2nd edition Vienna 1789, part 1 , 2 .
- Confession of faith of a Christian against the confession of faith of someone struggling for truth [= Aloys Blumauer ]. Sinai and Golgotha [= Salzburg] 1786, digitized . Also under the title: Instruction to those struggling for truth.
- Brother Felizian's strange journey to the Emperor Karl in the Untersberg near Salzburg. Mayr, Salzburg 1787, digitized version (assignment unclear).
- Mr. Schlendrian, or the judge according to the new laws. A strange novel. 2 parts. Berlin 1787, part 1 , 2 .
- The judge over Herr Schlendrian. Just as funny a novel as Herr Schlendrian himself. 3 parts. Frankfurt & Leipzig 1787, digitized .
- A clear comment on the clearest letter of the new laws. From Mr. Schlendrian, Chief Justice to Tropos. Berlin 1787, digitized .
- Description of the life of the once highly learned, respected and artful Mr. Jodocus Rusch Philosophiae Candidate, and former beggar judge. Vienna & Leipzig 1788, digitized .
- Franklin's free will, a nod to thinking people about the power of chance. Leipzig u. a. 1789, digitized .
- Sarkusa, or the land of freedom. A fairy tale from the moon adapted for our times. Vienna 1791, digitized .
- Can a writer like Professor Hoffmann have an influence on the mood of the German peoples and on the way of thinking of their princes? To Mr. La Veaux, author of the Strasbourg French Courier. Vienna 1792 (assignment unclear).
- Julchen, or: Dear girls, reflect! An original comedy in five acts. Vienna 1793, digitized .
- The unexpected discovery or not every groom is so happy. Original comedy in 5 acts. Vienna 1795, digitized .
- The interrupted festival of sacrifice . A heroic-comic opera in 2 acts. Vienna 1796. Music by Peter von Winter .
- The tomboy. Comic opera in 2 A. Adapted from August von Kotzebue frey. Vienna 1797.
- The noble vengeance. Songs for the comic opera in two acts. Music by Franz Xaver Süßmayr. 1799, digitized .
- Contribution to the characteristics and government history of Emperors Joseph II. Leopold II. And Franz II. For testing for the contemporaries and for the benefit of future historians and biographers of these monarchs. Deferrières, Paris VIII [= 1799/1800], pp. 105 ff., Digitized version (assignment unclear).
- The beggar student. A comic opera in 2 acts. Music by Wenzel Müller . Vienna 1800.
- The Cairo Caravan. Heroic-comic opera in 3 acts. Music by André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry . 1801.
- Soliman the second, or the three sultanas. A Singspiel in two acts. From the French of Favart Vienna 1801, digitized . Music by Franz Xaver Süßmayr .
- Samori. A great heroic opera in 2 acts. Music by Georg Joseph Vogler. Vienna 1803, edition 1812 .
- Christ on the Mount of Olives. Oratorio. Music by Ludwig van Beethoven. Vienna 1804, digitized .
- The scattered one. Comic opera in 3 acts. Music by Franz Teyber . 1805.
- Danaus. Adaptation of the tragédie lyrique Les Danaïdes by Antonio Salieri . 1807.
- The exam. A Singspiel in two acts. Music by Adalbert Gyrowetz . 1813.
swell
- Johann Martin Weymar: About Vienna's Authors. 1785, p. 48 ff.
- Franz Kratter: Letters about the current state of literature in Austria. 1788, digitized , pp. 63 ff., 91, 118 ff.
- Christoph Peter Rehm: To and about Hoffmann, Alxinger and Huber. A well-deserved reprimand for the literary nonsense of this philosophical-patriotic triumvirate. Vienna 1792, digitized .
literature
- Carmen Asshoff: Huber, Franz Xaver . In: Wilhelm Kühlmann (Ed.): Killy Literature Lexicon . Authors and works from the German-speaking cultural area. 2., completely revised Ed. De Gruyter, Berlin 2009, vol. 5, p. 609 f.
- Karl Goedeke , Edmund Goetze: Outline of the history of German poetry from the sources. 3. Edition. Ehlermann, Leipzig 1916, Vol. 4, Section 1, p. 228 . 1893, vol. 5, p. 338 . 1906, vol. 6, p. 731 .
- Gustav Gugitz : Huber, Franz Xaver. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , p. 692 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Gustav Gugitz: A German Bohemian as a literary partisan of the French in 1809. In: Deutsche Arbeit 8 (1909), pp. 612–620.
- Timo Jouko Herrmann : Antonio Salieri and his German-language works for music theater . Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag, Leipzig 2015, pp. 366–397.
- Helmut Reinalter: Jacobinism in Central Europe. Stuttgart et al. 1981, p. 110 f.
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Huber, Franz Xaver (I.) . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 9th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1863, p. 369 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Franz Xaver Huber in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Huber, Franz Xaver |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | H., FX; Murner, Christian Lebrecht (pseudonym); Schlendrian (pseudonym); Elisäus (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian journalist, satirist and librettist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 10, 1755 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Beneschau |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 25, 1814 |
| Place of death | Mainz |