Luise George Bachmann

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Louise George Bachmann (born August 20, 1903 in Vienna , † June 17, 1976 in Bad Ischl ) was an Austrian writer, singer and organist .

Life

Louise Bachmann attended the teacher training college in Vienna and then studied organ, singing and music theory at the New Vienna Conservatory and organ, piano and harmony at the Academy for Music and Performing Arts .

From 1935 onwards she published essays and short stories in daily newspapers and magazines. Her first novel was published in 1936. Until 1938, Bachmann was a professor of music history at the Vienna Pedagogical Institute. She moved to Salzburg because her husband ran a factory there. She started out as a freelance writer. Her main subjects were historical-biographical artist novels. On the one hand, she was involved in the Nazi women's association in Salzburg and joined the NSDAP on May 1, 1938 . On the other hand, she retained her ties to the Church as a devout Catholic.

At the end of the war, her entire fortune was burned. Her library and her manuscripts were also there. Therefore, she moved into quarters in St. Florian Monastery . In 1946 she was able to publish again. The novels mainly dealt with well-known musical personalities. But she also described the life paths of religious personalities, such as the missionary Viktoria Rasoamanarivo from Madagascar, the mystic Wilbirg or the missionary Frederic Baraga .

Bachmann was married to the engineer Josef Pistorius.

Louise Bachmann and her husband were buried in the Döblinger Friedhof (group 36, row 5, number 10) in Vienna. The grave has already been abandoned.

Works

  • Beethoven versus Beethoven: History of a Famous Legal Case / LG Bachmann (1963)
  • The six-colored ray: painter's novel by the Danube School (1962)
  • The rich Fraulein Jaricot: Life picture of an apostolic-social fighter (1961)
  • Love and Sorrow: In memory of Fr. Dr. Josef Russmann, OSFS, religion professor and pastoral minister 1906–1958 (1959)
  • The winner: The life of Viktoria Rasoamanarivo (1958)
  • The Experiment: A Cheerful Choir Boy Story (1957)
  • Bruckner: The Novel of the Symphony (1955)
  • History of a beautiful woman: Mörikes Mergentheimer Liebeslied (1954)
  • The other creation: A master builder novel (about the baroque master builders Fischer von Erlach, Prandtauer and Hildebrand) (1949)
  • Master, Citizen and Rebel: Tilmann Riemenschneider's Life Picture (1949)
  • The Thomaskantor: Introduction, Toccata and Fuga on BACH (1948)
  • Singing and Saying: Novel of Minnesang (1948)
  • Wilbirg, the life of a lonely person: told from a manuscript from the 13th century (1948)
  • Anton Bruckner's Swiss Journey (1947)
  • Stories of musicians: Little stories from 7 centuries about our great German masters (1939)
  • The water rushes: Franz Schubert's blissful summer journey in the mountains (1946)
  • The Best, Dearest Dad: A Leopold Mozart Story (1941)
  • Confusion in Weimar: A Johann Sebastian Bach Novella (1941)
  • Gold prospector: "From the wilderness to large-scale industry - German-speaking pioneers and money from Austria help build the USA (for life Friderik Irenej Baraga) (1951)

literature

  • Alois Heinzel: From Austria's contemporary poetry. Leykam, Graz et al. 1952.
  • Hans Giebisch , Gustav Gugitz : Bio-bibliographical literature dictionary of Austria. From the beginning to the present . Hollinek, Vienna 1964, p. 13.

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personal data
SURNAME Bachmann, Luise George
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bachmann, Louise George
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer
DATE OF BIRTH August 20, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH 17th June 1976
Place of death Bad Ischl