Robert Pohl (writer)

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Robert Pohl (born March 15, 1850 in Prague , † March 8, 1926 in Meran , South Tyrol ) was an Austrian writer.

Life

After finishing secondary school, Pohl attended the commercial academy in Dresden . He began his literary activity in the 1880s. First he wrote humorous texts for newspaper bulletins, later he turned to the stage and since the 1890s has written more than two dozen pranks , antics , comedies and libretti for operettas , often in collaboration with other authors of the popular genre.

Pohl lived as a freelance writer in Meran.

Works

Stage works:

  • 1888: The solar eclipse. Comedy in one act .
  • 1893: Incognito. Varies in 3 acts . With Rudolf Heinrich Greinz . (Premiere: February 17th, 1895 in Frankfurt / Oder)
  • 1894: Mamsell 'Cerevis. Operetta in three acts . Libretto with Richard Genée (adaptation of the French libretto Mam'zelle Carabin by Fabrice Carré ). Music by Émile Pessard .
  • 1895: Electric. Posse in one act . (Premiere: February 23, 1895 in Prague)
  • 1895: Monsieur Filou. Stagger in one act .
  • 1895: Servus. Farce in one act .
  • 1897: The Flying Dutchwoman. Stagger in 3 lifts . (after Charles Bossu )
  • 1898: The Saint Bernard. Comedy based on “Terre-Neuve” by Bisson & Hennequin . With Paul Hirschberger .
  • 1899: Jadwiga. Operetta in three acts . Libretto with Paul Hirschberger (based on Scribe ). Music by Rudolf Dellinger .
  • 1900: Pneumatic letters . Sways with Curt Kraatz .
  • 1902: The new mayor. Operetta in 3 acts . Libretto with Ernst Gettke . Music by Heinrich Berté .
  • 1903: He cannot be unfaithful . Swings with Otto Eisenschitz .
  • 1904: The Sutler. Operetta in 3 acts based on a French subject . Libretto with Wilhelm Ascher . Music by Friedrich Korolanyi .
  • 1904: The city regent . Libretto with Ernst Gettke. Music by Heinrich Berté .
  • 1905: The police chief. Operetta in 3 acts . Libretto with Julius Horst . Music by Josef Bayer .
  • 1906: Our Theodor. Vaudeville operetta in 3 acts . Libretto with Wilhelm Ascher. Music by Josef Manas .
  • 1906: Mutzi. Operetta in 3 acts . Libretto with Julius Wilhelm . Music by Josef Hellmesberger .
  • 1906: Free marriage. Variation in 3 acts . With Bela Jenbach .
  • 1907: Spitzbub & Cie. Operetta in 3 acts . Libretto with Wilhelm Ascher (based on Meilhac and Halévy ). Music by Josef Bayer . (Premiere: July 5th, 1907 in Vienna)
  • 1907: Madame Troubadour. Vaudeville operetta in three acts . Libretto with Bela Jenbach. Music by Felix Albini .
  • 1909: The love school. Operetta in 3 acts . Libretto with Bela Jenbach. Music by Friedrich Korolanyi.
  • 1911: Saint Anthony. Burlesque operetta in 3 acts . Libretto with Bruno Decker (based on an idea by Ad. Murard). Music by Siegfried Nicklaß-Kempner .
  • 1911: When men cheat ...! Musical variation in 3 acts . Libretto with Bruno Decker (based on a motif by Fritz Friedmann-Frederich ). Music by Walter W. Gretze .
  • 1913: The North Sea Crab. Vaudeville in 3 acts . Libretto with Bruno Decker. Music by Gustav Wanda .
  • 1915: Stupid August. Operetta in 3 acts . Libretto with Bruno Decker. Music by Rudi Gfaller .
  • 1916: The man without a past. Stagger with music in 3 acts . Libretto with Bruno Decker. Music by Ludwig Friedmann .
  • 1917: The husband of his wife. Operetta in 3 acts . Libretto with Bruno Decker. Music by Rudi Gfaller.
  • 1920: The happy lapwing. Operetta in 3 acts . Libretto with Bruno Decker. Music by Rudi Gfaller.
  • 1920: The Swan of Siam. Romantic burlesque operetta in 3 acts. Libretto with Bruno Decker. Music by Victor Hollaender .
  • 1921: Uncle Muz. Folk piece with singing in 3 acts . Libretto with Bruno Decker. Music by Jean Gilbert .

more publishments:

  • Peppi's soldier and other cheerful pictures and stories . Reclam, Leipzig 1893 (= Universal Library Bd. 3129).
  • (Ed.) Foundation stones for the Merano theater building. Donated by German poets a. Writers . Ellmenreich, Meran 1895.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Date of birth follows the contemporary biographical manuals. Later literature also indicates March 16, according to Susanne Blumesberger, Michael Doppelhofer, Gabriele Mauthe: Handbook of Austrian Authors of Jewish Origin, 18th to 20th Century . Volume 2: J-R. Edited by the Austrian National Library. Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-11545-8 , p. 1048.
personal data
SURNAME Pohl, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague
DATE OF DEATH March 8, 1926
Place of death Meran