Ferdinand Raimund
Ferdinand Raimund (born Ferdinand Jakob Raimann; 1 June 1790 – 5 September 1836, Pottenstein, Lower Austria) was an Austrian actor and playwright. • Illustration — Ferdinand Raimund, lithography by Josef Kriehuber, 1835 • Illustration — Commemorative plaque at the birthplace of Ferdinand Raimund, Mariahilferstrasse 45, 1060 Wien • Illustration — Ferdinand Raimund monument, Vienna
Ferdinand Raimund
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- 1790
- Died
- 1836
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- Austria · Austrian Empire
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- playwright · writer · stage actor · actor · theatre director · poet · librettist
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Life and work
Raimund was born in Vienna as a son of Bohemian woodturning master craftsman Jakob Raimann. In 1811, he acted at the Theater in der Josefstadt, and, in 1817 at the Leopoldstädter Theater. In 1823 he produced his first play, Der Barometermacher auf der Zauberinsel, which was followed by Der Diamant des Geisterkönigs (1824). The still popular Bauer als Millionär (1826), Der Alpenkönig und der Menschenfeind (1828) and Der Verschwender (1834), incidental music by Conradin Kreutzer, are Raimund's masterpieces. Raimund's comedies are still frequently performed in Germany and Austria. When Raimund was bitten by a dog, which he falsely believed to be rabid, he shot himself on 29 August 1836 and died on 5 September 1836 in Pottenstein, aged 46. Raimund is buried in Gutenstein, which features a Raimund memorial. Raimund was a master of the Viennese Posse or farce; his rich humour is seen to best advantage in his realistic portraits of his fellow citizens. The Raimund Theater in Vienna is named after him.
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• Der Barometermacher auf der Zauberinsel, 1823 (The Barometer-Maker on the Magic Island translated by Edmund Kimbell) • Der Diamant des Geisterkönigs, 1824 (The Diamond of the Spirit King translated by Edmund Kimbell) • Das Mädchen aus der Feenwelt oder Der Bauer als Millionär, 1826 • Die gefesselte Phantasie, 1828 • Moisasurs Zauberfluch, 1827 • Der Alpenkönig und der Menschenfeind, 1828 (The King of the Alps translated by John Baldwin Buckstone Free full text online) • Die unheilbringende Zauberkrone oder König ohne Reich, Held ohne Mut, Schönheit ohne Jugend, 1829 • Der Verschwender (play), 1834 (The Spendthrift translated by Erwin Tramer), adapted as film The Spendthrift (1953)
Raimund Haus in Gaaden, Bezirk Mödling, Niederösterreich
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1790
Ferdinand Raimund was born on 1 June 1790.
1823
Ferdinand Raimund - Le Charlatan sur l'Île Enchantée (1823) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
1826
Ferdinand Raimund - Le Paysan Millionnaire (1826) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
1836
Ferdinand Raimund died on 5 September 1836.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1058258656, Ferdinand Raimund.
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- 1.für den Familiennamen gibt es die Schreibweisen Raimann, Reymann, Raymond und Raimund; die letztere wurde vom Dichter beibehalten.
- 2.Numero wurden die Verkäufer in den Theatern genannt, da sie eine Nummer auf der Jacke trugen.
- 3.books.google.ch: Taschenbuch für das k.k. priv. Theater in der Leopoldstadt
- 4.Fürst: Raimunds Werke. Erster Teil. S. VII.
- 5.Raimund quetschte das „R“, ein Fehler, den er erst Jahre später ablegte
- 6.Otto Rommel: Die Alt-Wiener Volkskomödie, Ihre Geschichte vom barocken Welt-Theater bis zum Tode Nestroys. Anton Schroll, Wien 1952, S. 895.
- 7.Fürst: Raimunds Werke. Erster Teil. S. XII.
- 8.Fürst: Raimunds Werke. Erster Teil. S. IX.
- 9.Hadamowsky: Ferdinand Raimund, Band I, S. 7–14 (für den gesamten Abschnitt Leben).
- 10.Kahl: Ferdinand Raimund, S. 7–15 (für den gesamten Abschnitt Leben).
- 11.Hein, Meyer: Ferdinand Raimund, der Theatermacher an der Wien. S, 11 (für den Abschnitt Affäre mit Therese Grünthal).
- 12.Trauungsbuch – 02-02 02., St. Johann Nepomuk Wien/Niederösterreich (Osten): Rk. Erzdiözese Wien Österreich Matricula Online.
- 13.Hadamowsky: Ferdinand Raimund, Band I, S. 47–52 (für den Abschnitt Ehe mit Luise Gleich).
- 14.Brief von Mitte April an Fräulein Antonie Wagner.
- 15.Hadamowsky: Ferdinand Raimund, Band I, S. 45–74 (für den gesamten Abschnitt Lebensgemeinschaft mit Toni Wagner).
- 16.strasse. Raimundstraße.
- 17.Denkmäler der Wiener Ringstraße: Ferdinand Raimund, Schriftsteller, 1790–1836.
- 18.Morgenblatt, Nr. 12131/1898. 6 Mitte.
- 19.Gaaden. In: Peter Aichinger-Rosenberger, Christian Benedik (Beiträge): Niederösterreich südlich der Donau. Band 1: A bis L. Berger, Horn/Wien 2003, ISBN 3-85028-364-X, S. 473.
- 20.Nr. 188/1926. 4 Mitte.
- 21.20120622052841. Raimundmuseum.
- 22.Raimundspiele
- 23.Text in Hadamowsky: Ferdinand Raimund, Band I, S. 75–77.
- 24.Hadamowsky: Ferdinand Raimund, Band II, S. 496–514. (gilt für das gesamte Kapitel)
- 25.Karl Glossy: Wagner, Antonie. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, 40, 1896, S. 485-486. (Online-Version).
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