Hans Liebstöckl

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Hans Liebstöckl (born February 26, 1872 in Vienna ; † April 24, 1934 there ) was an Austrian journalist. Among other things, he was editor-in-chief of the stage and music critic for the newspapers Die Reichswehr and Illustrirtes Wiener Extrablatt during the Fin de Siècle .

Life

Hans Liebstöckl was a son of Landwehroberst Friedrich Johann Liebstöckl and his wife Paula geb. Fisherman. His family had a military tradition and originally came from Würzburg . He attended an elementary school in his native Vienna and a grammar school in Prague . He then studied law and philosophy at the Universities of Prague and Vienna . At the Prague Conservatory he learned the violin from Anton Bennewitz . During a stay in Vienna he came to journalism through Gustav Davis , the owner of the army newspaper Die Reichswehr . As a result, he wrote editorials and feature articles for the Neue Wiener Tagblatt , the Extrablatt , the Sunday and Monday newspaper and Die Stunden . In 1925 he became editor-in-chief of the theater magazine Die Bühne, founded the previous year . Later he was editor-in-chief of the newspapers Neues Illustrierter Extrablatt and Zukunft . He gained fame mainly through his theatrical feuilletons. He also wrote texts for operas ( Aphrodite , The Madonna's Jewelery ) and works of fiction.

Liebstöckl was born with the opera singer Olga. Perfect married. They had a son and a daughter.

Works (selection)

  • Sick people. An elevator. Verlag von Kreisel & Kröger, Vienna 1895.
  • Quo Vadis? Opera in five acts by Jean Nouguès . Words from Henri Cain . German translation by Hans Liebstöckl, Weinberger, Leipzig 1910.
  • The Madonna's jewelry . Volksoper in 3 acts, Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari . Words by C. Zangarini, E. Golisciani. German translation by Hans Liebstöckl, Weinberger, Leipzig 1912.
  • Aphrodite: Opera in 1 act after Pierre Louys. Music by Max von Oberleithner , 1912.
  • 1813. A festival of the century. 1913.
  • From Sunday to Monday. Theater reviews, Interterritorialer Verlag Renaissance, Vienna 1922 (new edition as Theaterkinder , 1925).
  • Anna Karenina: Opera in 4 acts. Jenő Hubay , Alexander Göth, Andor Gabór, translated into German and set up for the German stage by Hans Liebstöckl, Universal Edition, Vienna 1924, online

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Individual evidence

  1. La Grange: Gustav Mahler. Volume 2: The Years of Challenge . Oxford University Press, Oxford 1995, pp. 154 .
  2. Liebstoeckl, Hans In: Erich H. Müller: German Dictionary of Musicians. Limpert, Dresden 1929.