Hermann Lienhard (writer)

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Hermann Lienhard (born February 25, 1922 in Sankt Veit an der Glan ; died there on October 10, 1999 ) was an Austrian poet and playwright, music teacher and organist.

Life

Lienhard studied music and classical philology in Vienna . In his hometown Sankt Veit he worked as an organist and was director of the local music school for many years. He founded the conferences of contemporary Austrian authors and composers in Sankt Veit and headed them from 1950 to 1957. Until his retirement he was head of the radio play and literature department in the Carinthian regional studio of the ORF .

A first volume of poetry was published in 1948, followed by other lyrical works, some of which were also set to music, dramas, radio plays and essays as well as numerous publications in magazines.

Works

  • The transformation. Poems. Klagenfurt 1948.
  • Cafe Memoria. Drama. 1954.
  • The mirror house. Poems. Salzburg 1955.
  • Three minutes, fourteen seconds. Radio play. 1956.
  • Death does not know the moon. Drama. Munich 1958.
  • The flute sheaf. Poems. Vienna 1968.
  • The organ freight. Poems. Klagenfurt 1982.
  • The harp wing . Poems. Drawings and pictures by Karl Brandstätter. Settings by Hans-Jörg Scherr. Klagenfurt 1989.

Works and libretti set to music:

  • Norbert Artner : Botticelli's wedding. Oratory radio opera in three acts. 1956.
  • Norbert Artner: Light ferry, dark stream. An oratorio in dances based on texts by H. Lienhard. 1960.
  • Norbert Artner: The electricity. A Carinthian symphony for mixed choir, large orchestra, speaker and organ based on the poem of the same name by Hermann Lienhard. 1964.
  • Hans-Jörg Scherr: Cloudy Chord. Song cycle for mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano. 1975.
  • Hans-Jörg Scherr: Heart Orchids. Song cycle for medium voice and piano. 1989.

literature

  • Gerald Leitner: Lienhard, Hermann. In: Wilhelm Kühlmann (Ed.): Killy Literature Lexicon . Authors and works from the German-speaking cultural area. 2., completely revised 7th de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, p. 418 f.
  • Annette Steinsiek: Forehead to forehead: on two letters from Christine Lavant to Hermann Lienhard. In: Mitteilungen aus dem Brenner-Archiv 16 (1997), pp. 58–67.
  • Lienhard. In: Fidibus No. 1 (1987).

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personal data
SURNAME Lienhard, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian poet, music teacher and organist
DATE OF BIRTH February 25, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Sankt Veit an der Glan
DATE OF DEATH October 10, 1999
Place of death Sankt Veit an der Glan