Karl Glossy

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Photo of Otto Skall from Karl Glossy's last year
Karl Glossy's grave in the Baumgartner Friedhof

Karl Glossy (born March 7, 1848 in Vienna ; † September 9, 1937 there ; also Carl Glossy ) was an Austrian literary historian and director of the city collections.

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Karl Glossy was the eldest son of the gilder Johann Glossy and his wife Katherina. At the age of 15 he interrupted his schooling at the Piarist High School in Vienna to go to the theater. He traveled to Hungary and Bohemia with a hiking group and then continued his training in Krems after a year . He wrote his first theater reviews while still at school.

After he attended the University of Vienna the title Dr. jur. Glossy joined the City of Vienna in 1874. In 1881 he became curator of the municipal collections and in 1891 director of the municipal library . There he acquired in-depth historical knowledge in the course of his work. He edited the catalogs for the major exhibitions in the city of Vienna ( "Historical Exhibition of the Siege of the Turks" 1883; " Grillparzer's 100th Birthday " 1891; "Music and Theater" 1892; " Schubert " 1897) .

After the Fröhlich sisters died , Glossy took up Grillparzer's estate and published many documents from the archive. In the yearbook of the Grillparzer Society , which he published, he had numerous articles about the poet appear. With the publication of Raimund's works, as well as Schreyvogel's and Bauernfeld's diaries, he made fundamental contributions to the knowledge of the Austrian Vormärz . Glossy opened up many sources and documents, especially on the history of censorship . From 1904 he ran the " Österreichische Rundschau ", a cultural magazine, together with Alfred Freiherr von Berger .

On March 9, 1928, Karl Glossy was made an honorary citizen of the City of Vienna . In 1952 Glossystraße in Vienna- Penzing (14th district) was named after him.

Karl Glossy was the father of the actress and graphic artist Blanka Glossy (1893–1952). His honorary grave is in the Baumgartner Friedhof (group A, number 4).

Works

  • Vienna Studies and Documents . Steyrermühl, Vienna 1933
  • Forty years of German folk theater . Verlag des Deutschen Volkstheater, Vienna 1929
  • The Burgtheater under its founder, Emperor Joseph II . A. Hartleben, Vienna 1926 - Austrian Library 22
  • From the letter folder of a Burgtheater director (Franz von Dingelstedt) . Kunstverlag A. Schroll & Co., Vienna 1925
  • Smaller fonts . C. Fromme, Vienna 1918
  • Literary secret reports from the Vormärz . Konegen, Vienna 1912

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SURNAME Glossy, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Glossy, Carl (different spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian literary historian and director of the municipal collections
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1848
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH September 9, 1937
Place of death Vienna