Moritz West

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Moritz West , actually Moritz Georg Nitzelberger (born August 6, 1840 in Vienna , † July 11, 1904 in Aigen im Mühlkreis , Upper Austria ) was an Austrian librettist .

Life

Moritz Nitzelberger was born in Vienna as the son of the court accountant Alois Nitzelberger. As a teenager, he wrote song texts for his schoolmate and college colleague Carl Zeller , with whom he was lifelong friend. As Moritz West, he later became the main librettist of the Mostviertel operetta composer. 1852 West studied at the University of Vienna Law and in 1862 graduated successfully Dr. jur. He then got a job as a secretary in the administration of the Union-Bank in Vienna . In 1874 he was appointed to the administrative board of the Moravian-Silesian Central Railway. In 1878 West resigned from all his offices and went on a long study trip to and through Italy. Upon his return, West settled back in his hometown as a librettist.

In his private life, Moritz Nitzelberger was a great book lover and collector. At last he owned a private library of approx. 1400 works with 3200 volumes, in which mainly German literature, history, travel, folk tales and proverbs, but also Austriaca and Viennensia were represented.

Shortly before the turn of the century, West moved to Aigen in the Mühlkreis and died there four weeks before his 64th birthday on July 11, 1904. He was buried at the romantic cemetery in Maria Enzersdorf .

reception

Nitzelberger's first literary attempts date from the years of his studies. Early on, u. a. Franz Grillparzer and Eduard von Bauernfeld for his oeuvre and also supported him. Nitzelberger used his pseudonym Moritz West for almost all of his publications .

Works (selection)

Libretti :

for Carl Zeller

  • Scenes from the Cologne festival of fools , 1868, (Liederspiel)
  • The Thomas Night , 1869, (song play)
  • Joconde , 1876, (with Moret)
  • Die Fornarina , 1879, (together with Richard Genée and Camillo Walzel )
  • The Carbonari , 1880, (together with Camillo Walzel)
  • Der Vagabund , 1886, (together with Ludwig Held )
  • The bird dealer , 1891, (together with Ludwig Held)
  • Der Obersteiger , 1894, (together with Ludwig Held)
  • The cellar master , 1901, (together with Ignaz Schnitzer )
  • numerous other song and choral texts

for Richard Genée

  • Nisida , 1880

for Franz von Suppè

  • The trip to Africa , 1883, (with Richard Genée)
  • Bellman , 1887, (with Ludwig Held)

for Alfons Czibulka

  • Gil Blas , 1889, (with Camillo Walzel)

for Hermann Zumpe

  • Polish Economy , 1889, (with Richard Genée)

for Johann Brandl

  • The Cossack Woman , 1891

for Leo Held

  • The Swallows , 1897, (together with Ludwig Held)

for Edmund Eysler

for Carl Wolfgang Zeller (1876–1965)

  • The Pious Landsknecht , 1903

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Baptismal registers of the rk parish Vienna 3rd, Landstrasse, St. Rochus, Tom. 23, Fol. 79, 2nd entry from the top ( Memento of the original from December 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.matricula.data.icar-us.eu
  2. ↑ Austria-Hungary Bookseller Correspondenz, No. 46, November 16, 1904, page 730, center left
  3. ^ Duplicate of the Aigen parish death record for 1904, Tom. V, Pag. 5, last entry below  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.matricula.data.icar-us.eu  
  4. ↑ Sport & Salon, Volume 6, No. 28, July 11, 1903, page 19, top left
personal data
SURNAME West, Moritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nitzelberger, Moritz Georg (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian librettist
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1840
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH July 11, 1904
Place of death Aigen im Mühlkreis , Upper Austria