Richard von Muth

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Richard von Muth (pseudonyms: Paul Wallner , Hermann Nordermann ) (born September 26, 1848 in Prague , † December 28, 1902 in Vienna ) was an Austrian teacher and Germanist .

Life

Born as the son of a district judge and grandson of Peter von Muth , Richard von Muth went to the Viennese grammar school and the Stiftsgymnasium Kremsmünster in Kremsmünster . He studied history and German in Vienna and Göttingen . In Vienna he attended lectures by Wilhelm Scherer and Ottokar Lorenz . During his studies he became a member of the Vienna academic fraternity of Silesia in 1867 , from which he later resigned. He was a member of the Academic Reading Club in Vienna, of which he became a committee member in 1867, and in 1868 he became chairman. In 1870 he was promoted to Dr. phil. doctorate and passed his teaching examination for geography and German history .

In 1870 he went to the Lower Austrian regional service as a supplement , was a teacher at the Lower Austrian regional high school and commercial school in Krems an der Donau . In 1877 he was appointed to the Lower Austrian State Higher Real and Mechanical Engineering School in Wiener Neustadt . On the basis of a state scholarship , he studied Middle High German literature in Vienna, Berlin , Munich , Halle and St. Gallen from 1876 to 1878 . In 1892 he was promoted to the eighth class. In 1897 von Muth became the director of the Lower Austrian regional high school in Waidhofen an der Thaya . In 1898 he was in the VI. Rank class promoted. From 1898 to 1902 he was the director and reorganizer of the Lower Austrian state teacher training college and boarding school in St. Pölten .

After appearing politically at the German national level , he turned away from Georg von Schönerer and the German People's Party , left the Silesia fraternity in 1879 and worked for the Liberals on the municipal council in Wiener Neustadt as well as on the district school council for building and school issues. In the mid-1890s, after becoming acquainted with Albert Gessmann , he joined the Christian Social Party . This made him the autonomous inspector of the Lower Austrian state educational institutions / secondary schools.

Richard von Muth was friends with Richard Wagner after he wrote the introduction to the Nibelungenlied in 1877 . He was known as a Germanist and wrote numerous works. In 1902 he retired for health reasons and died in the same year. Albert Gessmann gave his eulogy.

Publications (selection)

  • The Bavarian people's law. Krems 1870.
  • Middle High German reading book. Vienna 1873.
  • Introduction to the Nibelungenlied. Vienna 1877.
  • The myth of the Margrave Rüdeger. Vienna 1877.
  • Investigations and excursions on the history and criticism of the German hero saga and folk epic. Vienna 1878.
  • Heinrich von Veldeke and the genesis of the romantic and heroic epic around 1190. A critical treatise. Vienna 1880.
  • Middle High German metric. Vienna 1882.
  • German poetry in Austria from the end of romanticism to the saturation of realism. Wiener Neustadt 1896.
  • Spring and autumn. Poems. Dresden Leipzig 1900.
  • The step twins. Dresden Leipzig 1900.
  • Studies and Reviews. Vienna 1901.
  • The descent of the Baiuwaren. St. Pölten 1902.

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SURNAME Muth, Richard von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wallner, Paul (pseudonym); Nordermann, Hermann (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian teacher and Germanist
DATE OF BIRTH September 26, 1848
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague
DATE OF DEATH December 28, 1902
Place of death Vienna