Moritz Barach

Moritz Barach (born March 21, 1818 in Vienna , † February 14, 1888 in Salzburg ) was an Austrian humorous writer. He wrote numerous poems, humoursques and plays. As a pseudonym he often used Dr. March red .

The sudden death of his daughter, Hermine, was reported in the Viennese daily press in February 1900.

Works (selection)

• - (Ed.): Effervescent powder. Album for drolleries and piquants . Stockholzer von Hirschfeld. Vienna 1847–.
• Aurora butterfly. Seals in memory of March 13, 14 and 15, 1848 . Contains: I. The gloomy partition has fallen ... II. Who were they, who cheered for the right ... III. Speak up, what should the play mean ... IV. Austria, the beautiful, noble, strong woman . Hirschfeld (ua), Vienna 1848. - Full text online .
• -, Franz von Suppé : The Biberhof. A village story with song and dance in three acts. Libretto . Printed as a manuscript, Berlin 1854. - Full text online .
  • Leopold Feldmann , -: The Biberhof. A village story with song and dance in three acts. Performed in the kk priv. Theater an der Wien . Römer, Vienna 1860.
• Children, pictures and stories. Poems in Lower Austrian dialect . S. n., Sl 1854.
• Petitions. Original comedy in one act. In preparation in the kk Hofburgtheater . Printed as a manuscript. Pichler, Vienna 1854. - Full text online .
• Songbook without gilt edging . S. n., Dresden 1857.
  • -: Second edition. S. n., Prague 1860.
• Just refinement! Original comedy in one act . Kolbe, Berlin 1857. - Full text online .
• Satan's lyre . Kober & Markgraf, Prague 1859. - Full text online .
• - (Ed., Red.): Komische Welt . S. n., Vienna 1862.
• To the statistics of women. Funny genre picture. Original in 1 movements . Wallishausser, Vienna 1865.
• Ghosts and figures from old Vienna. Pictures, stories and memories . Prandel, Vienna 1868. - Full text online .
• The marquis. Play. Original in 1 movements . Wallishausser, Vienna 1869.
• Viennese picture sheet. Sketches from the new and old Vienna . S. n., Vienna 1869.
• Shadow plays from old and new Vienna. Cultural and historical croquis . Gronemeyer, Vienna 1872. - Full text online .
• Please do beautiful - let singa! Poems in the Salzburg dialect . Dieter, Salzburg 1878. - Full text online .
• Little truths. From life - for life . Dieter, Salzburg 1880.
• Laughing stories . Volumes 3 and 4 pp., Leipzig 1881 and 1888.
• Worldly lust. History books, taunts and songs of a cheerful vagabond . Liebeskind, Leipzig 1883. - Full text online .
• Old Vienna. Pictures and stories . Wilhelm Friedrich, Leipzig / Berlin 1885. - Full text online .
• Serious and joking . S. n., Prague 1885.
• New decameron. All kinds of stories . Friedrich, Leipzig 1887. - Full text online .
• Chameleon. A Christmas fairy tale . S. n., Sl, sa - full text online in: nikolaus-weihnachten.de , 2006, accessed on September 22, 2012.
• further humoresques: mocking birds .
• other pleasure and drama: Fritz Nürnberger , The Frau Professorin , A restless night .

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Barach, Moriz . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 1st part. University book printer L. C. Zamarski (formerly JP Sollinger), Vienna 1856, p. 148 ( digitized version ).
• Constantin von Wurzbach : Märzroth, Dr. . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 16th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1867, pp. 252–254 ( digitized version ).
• Anton Schlossar:  Märzroth, Dr. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 52, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1906, p. 225 f.
• Salomon Wininger : Great Jewish National Biography. Chernivtsi 1925, Volume I, page 240.
• Barach, Moritz. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 49.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Meyers Konversationslexikon, 17th supplementary volume, p. 688, on Retrobib
2. ↑ Little Chronicle. (...) Suddenly died. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Abendblatt, No. 12739/1900, February 10, 1900, p. 1, bottom right. (Online at ANNO ). .