Moritz Horn
Heinrich Moritz Horn (born November 14, 1814 in Chemnitz , † August 23, 1874 in Zittau ) was a German writer.
Life
Horn attended grammar school in Chemnitz and then studied law in Leipzig from 1833 , but also attended lectures on aesthetics and history. With a lawyer in Dresden he prepared for professional practice from 1836 to 1837 and then found a job in his hometown of Chemnitz, where he founded a dramatic association, which in turn encouraged him to translate French plays and his own dramatic experiments. In 1841 he was transferred to the judicial office in Zittau as an actuary and in 1857 as an assessor , where he died in 1874 at the age of 59.
Horn became known to the public primarily through Robert Schumann's setting of one of Horn's early poems under the title Der Rose Pilgerfahrt . In it, the elf rose blossom wishes to be transformed into a human girl. The wish is granted and she experiences the joys and sorrows of love. But when the beloved forester's son is shot by a poacher, she too dies. The poem closes with a view of consolation in the hereafter. The sentimental poetry in folk song tone was not appreciated by all contemporaries, so Richard Wagner spoke of an "immense wretchedness".
In Horn's later works, the lyric largely recedes and in his numerous short stories and novels he cultivates a thoroughly realistic, albeit often strongly moralizing form of representation.
Works
- The pilgrimage of the rose. Poetry. Leipzig 1851. Setting to music by Robert Schumann: Der Rose Pilgerfahrt. Leipzig 1852, digitized .
- The lily of the lake. Poetry. Leipzig 1854, digitized .
- Magdala. Poetry. Leipzig 1855, digitized . 2nd edition 1870.
- The village grandmother. Idyll. Leipzig 1856.
- The charcoal burner from Burg. Badische Sage in verse. Leipzig 1857, digitized .
- At the castle and in the valley. Stories. 2 vols. Prague 1858, vol. 1 , 2 .
- Stories and humor. 2 vol. Zittau 1858, vol. 1 , 2 .
- New seals. Prague 1858.
- To Schiller's centenary birthday party. A prelude as a prologue. Zittau 1859.
- From golden childhood. Stories and fairy tales. Leipzig 1862.
- The demons. Novel. 2 vols. Prague 1862.
- The free school student. A story. Vienna 1864, digitized .
- Lady and Baroness. Vienna 1864, digitized .
- The black mask and three other short stories. Leipzig 1864, digitized .
- Shadow and light. Stories and sketches. 2 vols. Leipzig 1867, vol. 1 , 2 .
- The broken triad. Novel from the life of a musician. Novel. 2 vols. Leipzig 1867, vol. 1 , 2 .
- Magdalena. Stories and fairy tales for young girls. Leipzig 2nd edition 1870.
- At the Erlenhof. Novel. 3 vols. Leipzig 1870 f.
- Quintin Messis, the blacksmith of Antwerp. A lyrical game with a prologue, an interlude and an epilogue. Berlin 1871.
- I call you three things! Comedy. Erfurt 1871. 2nd edition 1886.
- In the porch. Stories. 2 vol. Bremen 1873, vol. 1 , 2 .
- Goethe in Strasbourg and Sesenheim. Poetry. Kassel 1875.
literature
- Heinrich Kurz: History of the latest German literature […]. Leipzig 4th ed. 1881, pp. 442–444.
- Peter Langemeyer: Horn, (Heinrich) Moritz. In: Wilhelm Kühlmann (Ed.): Killy Literature Lexicon . Authors and works from the German-speaking cultural area. 2., completely revised Ed. De Gruyter, Berlin 2009, vol. 5, p. 586.
- Hugo Schramm-Macdonald: Horn, Heinrich Moritz . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, p. 140 f.
Web links
- Literature by and about Moritz Horn in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Letter from Richard Wagner to Theodor Uhlig dated May 31, 1852.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Horn, Moritz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Horn, Heinrich Moritz (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 14, 1814 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chemnitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 23, 1874 |
| Place of death | Zittau |