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Hofmannsthal, Hugo von
Born: 1874 AD
Died: 1929 AD, at 55 years of age.
Nationality: Austrian
Categories: Dramatist, Playwrights, Poets
Died: 1929 AD, at 55 years of age.
Nationality: Austrian
Categories: Dramatist, Playwrights, Poets
1874 - Hugo von Hofmannsthal, born on the 1st of February in Vienna, Austria. He was an Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator, and essayist.
1891 - He met the German poet Stefan George at the age of seventeen and had several poems published in George's journal, Blätter für die Kunst.
1901 - He studied law and later philology in Vienna but decided to devote himself to writing upon graduating.
1902 - Published a fictive letter titled simply "Ein Brief" (A Letter).
1909 - 1933 - He met the composer Richard Strauss, and wrote libretti for several of his operas, including Elektra, Der Rosenkavalier, Ariadne auf Naxos, Die Frau ohne Schatten, Die Ägyptische Helena, and Arabella.
1912 - He adapted the 15th century English morality play Everyman as Jedermann, and Jean Sibelius (amongst others) wrote incidental music for it.
1920 - The play became a staple at the Salzburg Festival, which Hofmannsthal founded with Max Reinhardt.
1929 - He died on the 15th of July of a stroke two days after the suicide of his son Franz in Rodaun, Vienna.
1891 - He met the German poet Stefan George at the age of seventeen and had several poems published in George's journal, Blätter für die Kunst.
1901 - He studied law and later philology in Vienna but decided to devote himself to writing upon graduating.
1902 - Published a fictive letter titled simply "Ein Brief" (A Letter).
1909 - 1933 - He met the composer Richard Strauss, and wrote libretti for several of his operas, including Elektra, Der Rosenkavalier, Ariadne auf Naxos, Die Frau ohne Schatten, Die Ägyptische Helena, and Arabella.
1912 - He adapted the 15th century English morality play Everyman as Jedermann, and Jean Sibelius (amongst others) wrote incidental music for it.
1920 - The play became a staple at the Salzburg Festival, which Hofmannsthal founded with Max Reinhardt.
1929 - He died on the 15th of July of a stroke two days after the suicide of his son Franz in Rodaun, Vienna.
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The Lord Chandos Letter by Hugo von Hofmannsthal (Paperback - Jan 31, 2005) Hugo von Hoffmannsthal made his mark as a poet, as a playwright, and as the librettist for Richard Strauss’s greatest operas, but he was no less accomplished as a writer of short, strangely...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Gesammelte Werke in zehn Einzelbänden, 10 Bänden by Hugo von Hofmannsthal (Paperback - May 18, 1980) |
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Selected Plays and Libretti by Hugo von Hofmannsthal (Unknown Binding - May 18, 1963) |
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Der Rosenkavalier. Libretto. Komödie für Musik in drei Aufzügen von Hugo von Hofmannsthal. by Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal (Sheet music - Jan 1, 1987) |
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Hofmannsthal: Three Essays (Bollingen series) by Michael Hamburger (Paperback - Jun 18, 1970) |
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Gesammelte Werke, 10 Bde., Tb., 10, Reden und Aufsätze III. (19225 - 1929). Aufzeichnungen. by Hugo von Hofmannsthal and Bernd Schoeller and Rudolf Hirsch (Paperback - Jan 1, 1980) |
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