Johann Mayrhofer
Also recorded as Johann Baptist Mayrhofer
Johann Mayrhofer
Foto: Christoph Waghubinger (Lewenstein) · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Born
- 1787. · Steyr.
- Died
- 1836. · Vienna.
- Nationality
- Austrian Empire.
- Occupation
- poet, librettist, writer, composer and statutory auditor.
- Languages
- German.
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Johann Mayrhofers Geburtshaus in der Steyrer Pfarrgasse 12
Christoph Waghubinger (Lewenstein)
Austrian poet and librettist Johann Mayrhofer 's 1820 autograph review of Franz Schubert 's opera Die Zauberharfe (The Magic Harp, 1820) (D 644).
Johann Mayrhofer · Johann Mayrhofer's Manuscript (Subject: Schubert) Facsimile W. Dahms, 1913.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1836
Johann Mayrhofer died in 1836 at Vienna.
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Steyr.
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Vienna.
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- 1.Michael Lorenz: "Johann Mayrhofer's Real Date of Birth", michaelorenz.blogspot.com
- 2.Otto Erich Deutsch. Schubert: Die Erinnerungen seiner Freunde. Breitkopf & Härtel. 9f., 92. 1983. 3-7651-0186-9.
- 3.Wipplingerstraße. www.geschichtewiki.wien.gv.at.
- 4.Stegemann, Michael. "Ich bin zu Ende mit allen Träumen" : Franz Schubert. Piper. 227f. 1996. 3-492-03819-0.
- 5.Musik-Konzepte – Franz Schubert "Todesmusik". no:97-98 -->. 159. 1997. 3-88377-572-X<!--.
- 6.Mayrhofer, Johann. Erinnerungen an Franz Schubert, in: Neues Archiv für Geschichte, Staatenkunde, Literatur und Kunst (1829) – Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. opacplus.bsb-muenchen.de. 1829.
- 7.Susan Youens, Schubert's Poets and the making of Lieder, p. 152
- 8.Deutsch, Otto Erich. Schubert: Die Erinnerungen seiner Freunde. Breitkopf & Härtel. 9f., 76, 92. 1983. 3-7651-0186-9.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 10
- Davidson, Michael; Hillenaar, Henk (2008), Schubert and Mayrhofer. London 2008.
- Dürhammer, Ilija (March 1997), " 'Was ich gefühlt, hast Du gesungen' – Neue Dokumente zu Johann Mayrhofers Leben und Schaffen", Mitteilungen der österreichischen Gesellschaft für Musikwissenschaft 31, pp. 13–45.
- Dürhammer, Ilija (1999), Schuberts literarische Heimat. Dichtung und Literatur-Rezeption der Schubert-Freunde. Vienna, Cologne, Weimar.
- Michael Kohlhäufl (1999), Poetisches Vaterland. Dichtung und politisches Denken im Freundeskreis Franz Schuberts. Kassel 1999.
- List, Fritz (1921), Johann Mayrhofer, ein Freund und Textdichter Franz Schuberts. Munich 1921. Print: Nittenau: Kangler: [1991]: 226 Bl.
- Lorenz, Michael (2000), "Dokumente zur Biographie Johann Mayrhofers", Schubert durch die Brille 25, June 2000, 21–50.
- Norman McKay, Elizabeth: "Schubert and Classical Opera: The promise of Adrast", Erich Wolfgang Partsch (ed.): Der vergessene Schubert: Franz Schubert auf der Bühne. Böhlau, Wien 1997, , p. 61–76.
- Rabenlechner, Michael Maria (1938), Johann Mayrhofers Gedichte mit einem Lebensbild des Dichters. Wiener Bibliophilen-Gesellschaft 1938.
- Steblin, Rita (2001), "Schubert’s Problematic Relationship with Johann Mayrhofer: New Documentary Evidence". Essays on Music and Culture in Honor of Herbert Kellman, 2001, 465–495.
- Youens, Susan (1999), Schubert’s Poets and the Making of Lieder. Cambridge University Press 1999.
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