Karl Costa

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Karl Costa, 1900

Karl Costa , actually Karl Kostia (born February 2, 1832 in Vienna ; † October 11, 1907 there ) was an Austrian civil servant, folk poet and librettist .

Life

After graduating from high school in Josefstadt and studying philosophy, Costa was a civil servant at the Lottery Directorate in Prague for 20 years and from 1879 to 1891 editor of the satirical and political magazine Komische Briefe des Hans-Jörgels von Gumpoldskirchen . Between 1882 and 1885 he headed the theater in der Josefstadt . He wrote libretti for Franz von Suppè , Johann Brandl (1835–1913), Anton M. Storch and Ivan Zajc , among others , as well as numerous folk plays, antics and parodies.

Costa had already reached the age of 60 when he had his greatest success with Brother Martin , a folk piece with singing. The play was played over 200 times at the Raimund Theater . Before and after this success, he was plagued by suffering, serious illnesses and material hardship, and only an annual honorary gift granted by the City of Vienna enabled him to last carefree years. During this time he still wrote Fools of Luck and the portrait of Franz Schubert , the first time it was performed in the Raimund Theater , the author was honored with an ovation.

Costa, the last Viennese folk poet , spent the last years of his life physically weakened in his work chair, which he never left to sleep because asthma made it impossible for him to use a bed. Fourteen days before his death, the writer took a cold water cure at Hartenstein Castle , the intolerance of which made the return trip to his apartment ( Roter Hof  6, Vienna-Josefstadt ) necessary.

A grave of honor in the Vienna Central Cemetery is dedicated to Karl Costa (Group 0, Row 1, No. 68). In 1912 the Costagasse in Vienna Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus (15th district of Vienna) was named after him.

His son Martin Costa (1895–1974) was also active as a writer; a second son, Felix Kostia-Costa (1887–1942), was the publishing director of Paul-Zsolnay-Verlag ; the daughter Klara was 15 years old when her father died. The descendants came from the second marriage to the actress Rosa Goldstern (1862–1916), who came from Frankfurt and was 30 years his junior, whom Costa had met during his time as the Josefstadt theater director.

Karl Costa tombstone

Works (selection)

  • A story of knights , 1864
  • Painter and house painter , 1864
  • -, Anton Langer (text), Franz von Suppè (music): Light cavalry . Comic operetta in two acts , 1866
  • -, Franz von Suppè (music): Free spirits . Operetta in two acts , 1866
  • Wiener Zugstück , Parody, 1868
  • -, Franz von Suppè (music): The woman master . Comical magic operetta in three sections , 1868
  • -, Anton Storch (music): Your blessed ones. Original posse with song and dance in three acts with six pictures , 1868
  • - (arrangement), Fritz Mai (text), Anton Maria Storch (music): Frou-Frou. With the rifle , 1870
  • -, Johann Nestroy (text), Franz von Suppè (music): Lohengelb, or Die Jungfrau von Dragant (tragacanth) . Comic operetta in two acts , 1870
  • -, Anton M (ichael) Storch (music), Anton Storch (music): Upward from step to step , Posse, 1870; Side piece on Hugo Müller (1830–1881): From step to step . (First performance of the side piece on May 7, 1870 in the Vaudeville Theater , the previous stage of the Strampfer Theater .)
  • -, Franz Roth (music): We democrats! Social original folk piece with singing in three sections and seven pictures , 1870, full text online .
  • A woman after fashion. Folk piece with singing in 6 images , 1870
  • The Prince of the Needle. In five pictures with singing , children's fairy tales, 1871
  • An old bachelor. Original farce with singing in five acts , 1875
  • -, Carl Kleiber (music): A cruiser. Original farce with song and dance in three acts and six pictures , 1875
  • -, Carl Millöcker (music): A lightning girl. Farce with singing in four acts , 1877
  • -, Carl Millöcker (music): Your corporal , 1877
  • -, Paul Mestrozi (music): The Turks before Vienna. Patriotic folk piece with singing in four pictures, along with prologue and epilogue . (1882; first performed on August 1, 1883 in the Theater in der Josefstadt)
  • -, Richard Thiele (music): The gold aunt. Farce with singing in four acts . Busing, Vienna 1888
  • -, Max von Weinzierl (music): Brother Martin. Folk play with singing in four acts . Self-published by the author, Vienna 1895
  • -, Max von Weinzierl: Fortune fools. Viennese folk piece with singing in five acts . Self-published by the author, Vienna 1897
  • -, Max von Weinzierl: fencing brothers. Farce with singing in four acts , 1898
  • The Horseshoe. Folk play with song in four acts , 1900
  • -, Franz Schubert (music), Carl Antropp (music compilation): Franz Schubert. Folk piece with singing in six pictures . Self-published by the author, Vienna 1904
  • Wilhelm Sterk (text), - (in parts), Leon Jessel (music): The golden mill. Singspiel in three acts and four pictures . (Premiered in 1936).
  • -, Karl Kapeller (music): Die Fechtbrüder , Posse, s. a.
  • Your count. Comedy in four acts . (Estate).
  • The Turf Lori. Wavering in four acts . (Estate).

Film adaptations

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ † Karl Costa. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 15496/1907, October 12, 1907, p. 8, center right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.
  2. ↑ a b Karl Costa †. The last Viennese folk poet. In:  Neues Wiener Journal , No. 5019/1907 (15th year), October 12, 1907, p. 4 middle. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nwj.
  3. ↑ Hedwig Abraham (Red.): Karl Costa . In: viennatouristguide.at , accessed on October 19, 2013.
  4. ↑ Little Chronicle. (…) The Vaudeville Theater brought Saturday (…). In:  Wiener Zeitung , supplement Wiener Abendpost , No. 105/1870, May 9, 1870, p. 418, top center. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wrz.
  5. ↑ Theater and Art News. (...) Karl Costa is working on (...). In:  Local-Anzeiger der "Presse" , supplement to No. 194/1882 (XXXV. Year), July 16, 1882, p. 14, top center. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / maintenance / apr.
personal data
SURNAME Costa, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kostia, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer and librettist
DATE OF BIRTH February 2, 1832
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH October 11, 1907
Place of death Vienna