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Georg von Hofmann (29 October 1769 (According to other sources: 1771) – 7 May 1845) was an Austrian occasional poet.




Life and work


Born in Vienna, Hofmann was secretary at the Vienna Theater am Kärntnertor and, as successor to Georg Friedrich Treitschke, opera poet there. He translated many foreign-language opera libretti into German. He wrote two poems for which Franz Schubert composed the music in 1820: Die Zauberharfe (D 644) and Die Zwillingsbrüder (D 647). Hofmann is also said to have provided the textual basis for the alleged rehearsal work with which, according to Anton Schindler, Schubert applied for a vice-conductorship at the Kärntnertortheater in 1826, which failed due to the conduct of the prima donna Nanette Schechner. Otto Erich Deutsch, however, describes this incident as implausible.
Hofmann died in Vienna at the age of 75.




Work






= Schauspiele

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Ludwig und Louise, or: Der 9. Thermidor (Schauspiel) 1815
Landleben (Lustspiel) 1817
Das Jagdschloß (Lustspiel) 1819
Ja! (Lustspiel) 1825




= Libretti

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Helene (opera, music by Adalbert Gyrowetz) 1816
Das Rosenhütchen (Große Zauberoper, music by Carl Blum) 1819
Die Pagen des Herzogs von Vendôme (opera, music by Carl Blum) 1820
Die Zwillingsbrüder (posse, music by Franz Schubert) 1820
Die Zauberharfe (Zauberspiel, music by Franz Schubert) 1820
Der Zauberspruch (opera after Carlo Gozzi's Der Rabe, music by Johann Peter Pixis) 1822
Die Ochsenmenuette (Singspiel, music after Joseph Haydn by Ignaz von Seyfried) 1823.
Die Prise Tabak, or Die Vettern als Nebenbuhler (Singspiel) 1825
Der Haushofmeister (Singspiel) 1825
Sonderbare Laune, or Sie sind doch verheiratet (Singspiel) 1825
Die Räuber und der Sänger (operetta) 1830
Sylva, or Die Macht des Gesanges (opera, music by Karl August Krebs) 1830
Der Taucher (romantic opera, music by Conradin Kreutzer) 1834




= Translations

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Olympia (opera; translation; libretto by Michel Dieulafoy and Charles Brifaut, music by Gaspare Spontini) 1825
Der blinde Harfner (opera; translation; libretto by Michel Dieulafoy, music by Adalbert Gyrowetz) 1828
Semiramis (opera, translation; libretto by Gaetano Rossi, music by Gioachino Rossini) 1833
Die Ballnacht (Grand Opera; translation with Ignaz von Seyfried, libretto by Eugène Scribe, music by Daniel-François-Esprit Auber) 1835
Die Jüdin (grand opera, translation, libretto by Eugène Scribe, music by Jacques Halévy) 1836




References






Further reading


Further reading: Hofmann, Georg (Gotthard Josef) Edler von. In Wilhelm Kosch (ed.): Deutsches Literatur-Lexikon. 3rd edition. vol. 7: Haab – Hogrebe. Francke, Bern und München 1979, ISBN 3-7720-1461-5, Sp. 1418 (numerized, retrieved from De Gruyter Online).
Goedeke
Constantin von Wurzbach: "Hoffmann, Georg Edler von." In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich (Biographical Lexicon of the Empire of Austria). Part 9 Kaiserlich-königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1863, p. 169 (digitalised).




External links


Works by and about Georg von Hofmann in the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (German Digital Library)
Werke von Georg von Hofmann im Munich Digitization Center
Georg von Hofmann on Allmusic

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