Franziska von Hoffnaaß

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Franziska von Hoffnaaß, painting by Füssli
Josef and Fanny Rheinberger

Franziska (Fanny) Romana Ursula von Hoffnaaß (born October 18, 1831 at Maxlrain Castle (Upper Bavaria); † December 31, 1892 in Munich ; born Franziska Jägerhuber ) was a German poet and the wife of the composer Josef Gabriel Rheinberger .

Live and act

Franziska von Hoffnaaß was an educated woman who spoke several languages ​​and was an artist. She made music, drew and was literary - in addition to poems, she also published a travel guide.

In 1852 she married Lieutenant Ludwig von Hoffnaaß (1828–1865), a grandson of the Mannheim painter Johann Wilhelm Hoffnas . After Hoffnaaß's death in 1867 she married the composer Josef Gabriel Rheinberger , who came from Liechtenstein and worked in Munich . After the marriage, Rheinberger acquired her citizenship in the Principality of Liechtenstein.

Fanny Rheinberger left diaries that are interesting in terms of contemporary history and also revealing about life together with Rheinberger. This reflects her great influence on Rheinberger's compositional work.

Fanny advised her husband on the choice of text. She wrote the libretto of his oratorio Christoforus (op.120), which was premiered in 1882 in the great hall of the booksellers' exchange in Leipzig, as well as the singspiel Das Zauberwort (op.153) from 1888, freely based on the story of Kalif Storch . Rheinberger's Christmas cantata Der Stern von Bethlehem op. 164 is based on her cycle of poems, Der Stern von Bethlehem , written in 1889. However, she died before her husband could complete the work.

Out of grief that was never overcome, Rheinberger did not attend a single one of the numerous performances of their joint work. Later he once said of the cantata: "The real nerve of music is the longing for happiness that always recedes before us."

literature

  • Franziska von Hoffnaaß: From my life - truth, not poetry. In: Hans-Josef Irmen : Josef Gabriel Rheinberger. Letters and documents of his life. Volume II. Prisca Verlag, Vaduz 1982.
  • Elisabeth and Hans-Josef Irmen: Gabriel Josef Rheinberger and Franziska von Hoffnaaß. A musical marriage in the 19th century. Prisca, Zülpich 1990
  • Harald Wanger: Josef Gabriel Rheinberger . A picture of his life on the 100th anniversary of his death. In: Musica sacra , 01/2001.
  • Harald Wanger: Josef Gabriel Rheinberger. Life and work in pictures. Stuttgart 1998.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jodocus Perger: From Rheinberger's life and work. In: The music. Born 1905/06, issue 22.
  2. ↑ Franziska von Hoffnaaß: From my life - truth, not poetry. In: Hans-Josef Irmen: Josef Gabriel Rheinberger. Letters and documents of his life. Volume II. Prisca Verlag, Vaduz 1982.
  3. ↑ Harald Wanger: Josef Gabriel Rheinberger - Eine Biographie , van Eck Verlag, Triesen 2007, ISBN 978-3-905501-89-6 , p. 71
  4. ↑ Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger: The star of Bethlehem. Christmas cantata for solo choir and orchestra. Text Fanny von Haffnaaß. First edition Leipzig 1891. Reprint: Volume 10 of the Rheinberger Complete Edition. Carus, Stuttgart 1988.
personal data
SURNAME Hoffnaaß, Franziska von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hoffnaaß, Franziska Romana Ursula von (full name); Jägerhuber, Franziska (maiden name); Hoffnaaß, Funny (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German poet
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH Maxlrain Castle (Upper Bavaria)
DATE OF DEATH December 31, 1892
Place of death Munich