Joseph Sonnleithner
Joseph Sonnleithner (born March 3, 1766 in Vienna , † December 26, 1835 in Vienna) was an Austrian librettist , theater director and archivist .
Life
He was the son of Christoph Sonnleithner , brother of Ignaz Sonnleithner and uncle of Franz Grillparzer , Theobald von Rizy and Leopold von Sonnleithner . From 1804 to 1814 he was secretary of the court theater in Vienna and wrote numerous libretti, including for Fidelio by Ludwig van Beethoven , Faniska by Luigi Cherubini and Agnes Sorel by Adalbert Gyrowetz . Sonnleithner was one of the co-founders of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna (memorial plaques in the foyer of the Musikverein and at Graben 14) and one of the earliest folk song collectors in Austria. He had a close friendship with Franz Schubert and his nephew Grillparzer. For his portrait gallery, which is now kept in the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, he commissioned Anton Depauly for a Schubert portrait. His humor and his bonmots, which circulated in Viennese society for decades, were legend. “A very meritorious and funny man” ( Joseph Haydn to Johann Peter Salomon on May 15, 1799), “also a prankster like his brother” ( Franz von Hartmann in his family chronicle).
Sonnleithner left behind a large collection of materials on the history of music and theater in Vienna, which is kept in the archive of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde.
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literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Sonnleithner, Joseph . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 36th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1878, pp. 9–11 ( digitized version ).
- Eusebius Mandyczewski : Sonnleithner . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 34, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1892, p. 640.
- A. Brandtner: Sonnleithner Joseph Ferdinand. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 12, Verlag der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2001-2005, ISBN 3-7001-3580-7 , p. 426.
- Anna Schirlbauer: Joseph Sonnleithner's collection in the portrait gallery of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna. New knowledge about its founder, her pictures and painters. With sections about the painters Mähler, Kupelwieser and Depauly and details about the creation of the collection . In: Wiener Geschichtsblätter 62 (2007), no. 1, pp. 29–64.
Web links
- Entry on Joseph Sonnleithner in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- Literature by and about Joseph Sonnleithner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature list in the online catalog of the Berlin State Library
- Works by Joseph Sonnleithner at Zeno.org .
- Joseph Sonnleithner in the Internet Archive
Individual evidence
- ↑ Anna Schirlbauer: The contemporary oil portrait Schubert has found its painter Anton Depauly . In: Schubert: Perspektiven 4 (2004), pp. 145–173.
- ↑ Michael Lorenz : "Baroness Droßdik and the verschneyten nightingales. Biographical notes on a Schubert document", Schubert through glasses 26, Schneider, Tutzing 2001, 47-88.
- ^ E. Mandyczewski : Sonnleithner . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 34, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1892, p. 640.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sonnleithner, Joseph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sonnleithner, Joseph von; Sonnleitner, Joseph; Sonnleithner, Joseph Ferdinand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian librettist, composer, theater director and archivist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1766 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 26, 1835 |
| Place of death | Vienna |