Georg von Hofmann

Georg von Hofmann (born October 29, 1769 (according to other information: 1771) in Vienna ; † May 7, 1845 ibid) was an Austrian poet.

life and work

Hofmann was secretary at the Vienna Theater am Kärntnertor and, as the successor to Georg Friedrich Treitschke, an opera poet there. He translated many foreign language opera libretti into German. He wrote two poems for which Franz Schubert composed the music in 1820: Die Zauberharfe ( D 644) and Die Zwillingsbrüder (D 647). Hofmann is also said to have provided the textual basis for the alleged trial work, with which Schubert , according to Anton Schindler , applied for a position as vice conductor at the Kärntnertortheater in 1826 , which failed because of the demeanor of the prima donna Nanette Schechner . Otto Erich Deutsch describes this incident as unbelievable.

Works

Spectacles

Ludwig and Louise, or: The 9th Thermidor (play) 1815
Country life (comedy) 1817
The hunting lodge (comedy) 1819
Yes! (Comedy) 1825

Libretti

Helene (opera, music by Adalbert Gyrowetz ) 1816
Das Rosenhütchen (Great Magic Opera, music by Carl Blum ) 1819
The pages of the Duke of Vendôme (opera, music by Carl Blum ) 1820
The twin brothers (Posse, music by Franz Schubert) 1820
The magic harp (magic game with music by Franz Schubert) 1820
The magic spell (opera based on Carlo Gozzi's Der Rabe , music by Johann Peter Pixis ) 1822
The ox menu (Singspiel, music based on Joseph Haydn by Ignaz von Seyfried ) 1823
The pinch of tobacco, or: The cousins as rivals (Singspiel) 1825
The Steward (Singspiel) 1825
Strange mood, or: You're married after all (Singspiel) 1825
The Robbers and the Singer (Operetta) 1830
Sylva, or: Die Macht des Gesangs (opera, music by Karl August Krebs ) 1830
Der Taucher (Romantic Opera, music by Conradin Kreutzer ) 1834

Translations

Olympia (opera; translation; libretto by Michel Dieulafoy and Charles Brifaut , music by Gaspare Spontini ) 1825
The blind harper (opera; translation; libretto by Michel Dieulafoy , music by Adalbert Gyrowetz ) 1828
Semiramis (opera, translation; libretto by Gaetano Rossi , music by Gioachino Rossini ) 1833
Die Ballnacht (grand opera; translation together with Ignaz von Seyfried , libretto by Eugène Scribe , music by Daniel-François-Esprit Auber ) 1835
The Jewess (great opera, translation, libretto by Eugène Scribe , music by Jacques Halévy ) 1836

literature

Ingrid Bigler: Hofmann, Georg (Gotthard Josef) Edler von. In: Wilhelm Kosch (Ed.): German Literature Lexicon. 3. Edition. Volume 7: Haab - Hogrebe. Francke, Bern and Munich 1979, ISBN 3-7720-1461-5 , Sp. 1418 ( digitized version , accessed via De Gruyter Online).
Karl Goedeke , Edmund Goetze: Outline of the history of German poetry from the sources. 2nd Edition. Ehlermann, Leipzig 1953, vol. 11, half-vol. 2. p. 199  f.
Constantin von Wurzbach : Hoffmann, Georg Edler von . No. 13. In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 9th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1863, p. 169 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Works by and about Georg von Hofmann in the German Digital Library
Works by Georg von Hofmann in the Munich digitization center
Libretti by Georg von Hofmann in the DFG opera project
Georg von Hofmann at Allmusic (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Otto Erich Deutsch: Schubert. The documents of his life . Bärenreiter, Kassel 1964, p. 91.
^ Anton Schindler : Memories of Franz Schubert. In: Niederrheinische Musik-Zeitung 5 (1857), pp. 73–78 and 81–85, here p. 74 ( digitized version ).
↑ Otto Erich Deutsch: Schubert. The documents of his life . Bärenreiter, Kassel 1964, p. 360 f.
↑ Die Ochsenmenuette (Seyfried, Ignaz) : Sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project
↑ The night of the ball. Great opera in 5 acts, with divertissement. After the French. edit by Josef Ritter von Seyfried and Georg Edler von Hofmann. Music by Auber. Mausberger, Vienna 1835 ( digitized version ).

personal data
SURNAME	Hofmann, Georg von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hofmann, Georg Ernst von; Hofmann, Georg Gotthard Josef Edler from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian playwright and librettist
DATE OF BIRTH	October 29, 1769
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	May 7, 1845
Place of death	Vienna

[1] Otto Erich Deutsch: Schubert. The documents of his life . Bärenreiter, Kassel 1964, p. 91.

[2] Anton Schindler : Memories of Franz Schubert. In: Niederrheinische Musik-Zeitung 5 (1857), pp. 73–78 and 81–85, here p. 74 ( digitized version ).

[3] Otto Erich Deutsch: Schubert. The documents of his life . Bärenreiter, Kassel 1964, p. 360 f.

[4] Die Ochsenmenuette (Seyfried, Ignaz) : Sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project

[5] The night of the ball. Great opera in 5 acts, with divertissement. After the French. edit by Josef Ritter von Seyfried and Georg Edler von Hofmann. Music by Auber. Mausberger, Vienna 1835 ( digitized version ).