Lorenz Leopold Haschka
Lorenz Leopold Haschka (born September 1, 1749 in Vienna ; † August 3, 1827 there ) was an Austrian poet . Haschka composed the Austrian imperial hymn Gott preserve Franz, the emperor .
Life
Lorenz Leopold Haschka first studied humanities and became a Jesuit after graduating . Until the dissolution of the order in 1773 he was a teacher at the grammar school in Worms . Haschka eventually went to Vienna, where he gave the poet Johann Baptist von Alxinger lessons in metrics .
The grateful poet gave his teacher 10,000 florins , which relieved him of his financial worries. He wavered in his mind and wrote initially against the Pope and the King. Later he composed the Austrian imperial hymn God! receive Franz the Kaiser .
From 1780 he was a Freemason in the Lodge Zum Heiligen Joseph in Vienna, which was installed in 1776 by the Berlin Great State Lodge . In 1797 he became curator at the Vienna University Library and later professor of aesthetics at the Vienna Theresianum (1798–1822).
Haschka frequented the then famous Kramer coffee house in Vienna.
In 1894 the Haschkagasse in Vienna- Meidling was named in honor of the poet .
meaning
Haschka wrote patriotic odes based on the model of Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock . The text written in 1796 for the imperial hymn God! Composed by Joseph Haydn is well known . receive Franz the Kaiser .
His odes became well known and are also mentioned in Goethe's xenias:
"Muse to the Xenia
But now I advise you to go, otherwise the Gorgona grimace or a volume of odes by Haschka will come out. "
Works
- Our language . 1784
- The kings . 1787
- Epinikion Mr. Johann August Starck . 1790 ( digitized in the digital library Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
- Curses, the French ... sung in February, 1793 . Vienna: With v. Kurtzbek writings, 1793.
- Blood revenge on the French ... November 1793 . Vienna, 1793.
- Das resettete Teutschland sung in Vienna in November 1795 , Ode. Vienna, 1796.
- God preserve the emperor! Written by Lorenz Leopold Haschka, set in music by Joseph Haydn, sung for the first meal on February 12, 1797 . Vienna,
- For Denis's death . 1800
- To the marriage of Her Imperial Highness Maria Ludovica, Archduchess of Austria, to His Majesty Napoleon the First, Emperor of the French, ... on March 11th, 1810 , Ode. Vienna: Strauss, 1810
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Haschka, Lorenz Leopold . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 8th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1862, pp. 20–23 ( digitized version ).
- Karl Weiß: Haschka, Lorenz Leopold . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 723.
- E. Topermann: LL Haschka . Dissertation, Vienna 1907
- Haschka Lorenz Leopold. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 199.
- Gustav Gugitz: Haschka, Lorenz Leopold. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, ISBN 3-428-00189-3 , p. 18 ( digitized version ).
- Gustav II Gugitz: Lorenz Leopold Haschka . In: Grillparzer-Jahrbuch, Vienna, Konegen 1907.
- Leslie Bodi: Thaw in Vienna: on the prose of the Austrian Enlightenment 1781–1795 . 2., ext. Aufl. Wien [ua]: Böhlau, 1995. ISBN 3-205-98360-2 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Lorenz Leopold Haschka in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry on Haschka in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- The Austrian Imperial Anthem (PDF file; 253 kB)
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Xenien . 5th edition. Poems. Artemis and Winkler, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-538-05068-6 , pp. 190 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Haschka, Lorenz Leopold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian lyric poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 1, 1749 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 3, 1827 |
| Place of death | Vienna |