Karl Johann Braun von Braunthal

Karl Johann Braun von Braunthal, lithograph by Andreas Staub , around 1830.

Karl Johann Braun von Braunthal (also Karl Johann Braun Ritter von Braunthal ; born June 6, 1802 in Eger , † November 26, 1866 in Vienna ) was an Austrian writer.

Braun worked, among other things, as archivist for Prince Colloredo-Mannsfeld in Opotschno , Bohemia. He is known as the author of the libretto of Conradin Kreutzer's romantic opera Das Nachtlager in Granada, based on the play by Friedrich Kind . He also wrote a tragedy called Faust (Leipzig 1835).

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Braun, Ritter von Braunthal, Karl Johann . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 2nd part. Publishing house of the typographic-literary-artistic establishment (L. C. Zamarski, C. Dittmarsch & Comp.), Vienna 1857, pp. 121–123 ( digitized version ).
Rudolf Falkmann: Brown: Johann Karl Ritter B. von Braunthal . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 274 f.
Kurt Vancsa: Braun v. Braunthal, Karl Johann. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 557 f. ( Digitized version ).
Uwe Harten : Braun Ritter von Braunthal, Karl Johann (pseud. Jean Charles). In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-7001-3043-0 .

personal data
SURNAME	Braun von Braunthal, Karl Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian writer
DATE OF BIRTH	June 6, 1802
PLACE OF BIRTH	Eger
DATE OF DEATH	November 26, 1866
Place of death	Vienna