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19th-century librettists

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Karl Egon EbertAuthor · BooksKarl Egon Ebert (5 June 1801 – 24 October 1882) was an ethnic German poet in the Austrian Empire and later Austria-Hungary.
Kornel UjejskiAuthor · BooksKornel Ujejski (September 12, 1823 in Beremyany, Galicia, Austria - September 19, 1897 in Pavliv near Lviv, Galicia, Austria), also known as Cornelius Ujejski, was a Polish poet, patriot…
Kurt TucholskyAuthor · BooksKurt Tucholsky (9 January 1890 – 21 December 1935) was a German journalist, satirist, and writer.
Laura Beatrice ManciniAuthor · BooksLaura Oliva was born in Naples, and in 1840 married Italian jurist and statesman Pasquale Stanislao Mancini.
Leopold StaffAuthor · BooksLeopold Henryk Staff (November 14, 1878 – May 31, 1957) was a Polish poet; an artist of European modernism twice granted the Degree of Doctor honoris causa by universities in Warsaw and in…
Lewis CarrollAuthor · BooksCharles Lutwidge Dodgson (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet, mathematician, photographer, and Anglican deacon.
Louis GalletAuthor · BooksLouis Gallet (14 February 1835 in Valence, Drôme – 16 October 1898) was a French writer of operatic libretti, plays, romances, memoirs, pamphlets, and innumerable articles, who is…
Ludovic HalévyAuthor · BooksLudovic Halévy (1 January 1834 – 7 May 1908) was a French author and playwright, known for his collaborations with Henri Meilhac on the libretti for Georges Bizet's Carmen and comic operas…
Ludwig HartmannPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Robert Sterl: Ludwig Hartmann (1908), Dresden City Art Gallery
Luigi IllicaAuthor · BooksLuigi Illica (9 May 1857 – 16 December 1919) was an Italian librettist who wrote for Giacomo Puccini (usually with Giuseppe Giacosa), Pietro Mascagni, Alfredo Catalani, Umberto Giordano,…
Manfred GurlittPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Manfred Gurlitt in 1942
Marc ConnellyPerson · Film memorabiliaMarcus Cook Connelly (December 13, 1890 – December 21, 1980) was an American playwright, director, producer, performer, and lyricist.
Marcellus SchifferArtist · PaintingsMarcellus Schiffer was the name used by Otto Schiffer (20 June 1892 – 24 August 1932), a German cabaret writer, graphic designer, painter and librettist.
Mathilde WesendonckAuthor · BooksAgnes Mathilde Wesendonck (née Luckemeyer; 23 December 182831 August 1902) was a German poet and author.
Maurice MaeterlinckAuthor · BooksMaurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck (29 August 1862 – 6 May 1949), also known as Count/Comte Maeterlinck from 1932, was a Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist who was Flemish but…
Max DauthendeyArtist · PaintingsMax Dauthendey (25 July 1867 – 29 August 1918) was a German author and painter of the impressionist period. He was born in Würzburg and died in Malang.
Michel de GhelderodeAuthor · BooksMichel de Ghelderode (born Adémar Adolphe Louis Martens; 3 April 1898 – 1 April 1962) was an avant-garde Belgian dramatist, from Flanders, who spoke and wrote in French.
Michel FokineAuthor · BooksMichael Fokine (– 22 August 1942) was a Russian choreographer and dancer.
Mikhail BulgakovAuthor · BooksMikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov (buul-GAH-kof; Russian: Михаи́л Афана́сьевич Булга́ков, IPA: [mʲɪxɐˈil ɐfɐˈnasʲjɪvʲɪdʑ bʊlˈɡakəf] 15 May [O.S.
Modest Petrovich MussorgskyPerson · Music memorabiliaModest Petrovich Mussorgsky (Modest Petrovich Musorgsky; –) was a Russian composer, one of the group known as "The Five." He was an innovator of Russian music in the Romantic period and…
Modest TchaikovskyAuthor · BooksIllustration — Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Moritz HartmannAuthor · BooksMoritz Hartmann (disambiguation)
Nelly SachsAuthor · BooksNelly Sachs (10 December 1891 – 12 May 1970) was a German–Swedish poet and playwright.
Nestor KukolnikAuthor · BooksNestor Vasilievich Kukolnik (20 September 1809 – 20 December 1868) was a Russian playwright and prose writer of Carpatho-Rusyn origin.
Niccolò TommaseoAuthor · BooksNiccolò Tommaseo (9 October 1802 – 1 May 1874) was a Dalmatian Italian linguist, journalist and essayist, the editor of a Dizionario della Lingua Italiana (A Dictionary of the Italian…
Nikolaus LenauAuthor · BooksIllustration — Lenau in 1839
Ninette de ValoisAuthor · BooksDame Ninette de Valois (born Edris Stannus; 6 June 1898 – 8 March 2001) was an Irish-born British ballet dancer, teacher, choreographer, and director of classical ballet.
Osip MandelstamAuthor · BooksOsip Emilyevich Mandelstam (14 January 1891 – 27 December 1938) was a Russian and Soviet poet. He was one of the foremost members of the Acmeist school.
Oskar LoerkeAuthor · BooksOskar Loerke (13 March 1884, Jungen – 24 February 1941, Berlin) was a German poet, prose writer, literary critic and essayist.
Otto Erich HartlebenAuthor · BooksIllustration — Otto Erich Hartleben.
Otto HarbachAuthor · BooksOtto Abels Harbach, born Otto Abels Hauerbach (August 18, 1873 – January 24, 1963) was an American lyricist and librettist of nearly 50 musical comedies and operettas.
Otto Julius BierbaumAuthor · BooksOtto Julius Bierbaum (28 June 1865 – 1 February 1910) was a German writer.
Paul AvenelAuthor · BooksPaul Avenel (9 October 1823 – 14 April 1902) was a 19th-century French writer, poet, goguettier, playwright, chansonnier and journalist. He was the elder brother of historian Georges Avenel.
Paul ClaudelAuthor · BooksPaul Claudel (6 August 1868 – 23 February 1955) was a French poet, dramatist and diplomat, and the younger brother of the sculptor Camille Claudel.
Paul CollinAuthor · BooksPaul Collin (12 July 1843 – 5 February 1915) was a French poet, writer, translator and librettist.
Paul HindemithPerson · Music memorabiliaPaul Hindemith (POWL HIN-də-mit; German: [ˌpaʊ̯l ˈhɪndəmɪt]; 16 November 1895 – 28 December 1963) was a German and American composer, music theorist, teacher, violist, and conductor.
Paul Laurence DunbarAuthor · BooksPaul Laurence Dunbar (June 27, 1872 – February 9, 1906) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Paul MorandAuthor · BooksPaul Morand (13 March 1888 – 23 July 1976) was a French author whose short stories and novellas were lauded for their style, wit and descriptive power.
Paul VerlaineAuthor · BooksPaul Marie Verlaine (lang; 30 March 1844 – 8 January 1896) was a French poet, writer and critic associated with the Symbolist, Parnassianist and Decadent movements.
Philippe SoupaultAuthor · BooksIllustration — Portrait of Philippe Soupault by Robert Delaunay (1922)
Phillips BrooksAuthor · BooksPhillips Brooks (December 13, 1835January 23, 1893) was an American Episcopal clergyman and author, long the rector of Boston's Trinity Church and briefly Bishop of Massachusetts.
Pierre LouÿsPhotographer · PhotographyPierre-Félix Louÿs (lang; 10 December 1870 – 4 June 1925) was a Belgian poet and writer, most renowned for lesbian and classical themes in some of his writings.
Pietro CanonicaPerson · Music memorabiliaPietro Canonica (1 March 1869 – 8 June 1959) was an Italian sculptor, painter, opera composer, professor of arts and senator for life.
Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyPerson · Music memorabiliaPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic period.
Rabindranath TagoreAuthor · BooksRabindranath Tagore FRAsS (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali poet, author, playwright, musician, composer, philosopher, social reformer, painter, and one of the foremost figures of…
Ralph BenatzkyPerson · Music memorabiliaRalph Benatzky (5 June 1884 – 16 October 1957) was a Czech-Austrian composer. He composed operas and operettas, such as Casanova (1928), Die drei Musketiere (1929), The White Horse Inn…
Ralph Waldo EmersonAuthor · BooksRalph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803April 27, 1882), who went by his middle name Waldo, was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, minister, abolitionist, and poet who led the…
Renato SimoniPerson · Film memorabiliaIllustration — Renato Simoni and Emma Gramatica, 1930 ca.
Richard CarlePerson · Music memorabiliaRichard Carle (born Charles Nicholas Carleton; July 7, 1871 – June 28, 1941) was an American stage and film actor as well as a playwright, lyricist, and stage director.
Richard StraussPerson · Music memorabiliaStrauss#Richard Strauss (disambiguation)Richard Strauss (disambiguation)
Robert ReinickIllustrator · IllustrationRobert Reinick (22 February 1805 – 7 February 1852) was a German painter and poet, associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting.
Rosa MayrederAuthor · BooksRosa Mayreder was an Austrian writer, librettist, pastellist, painter, editor and musician (1858–1938). She was born in Vienna.
Rudolf BaumbachAuthor · BooksRudolf Baumbach (28 September 1840 – 21 September 1905) was a German poet.
Rudolf G. BindingAuthor · BooksRudolf Georg Binding (13 August 1867 – 4 August 1938) was a German writer. During World War I, he served as a cavalry master and staff officer.
Rudyard KiplingAuthor · BooksJoseph Rudyard Kipling (RUD-yərd; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English journalist, novelist, poet and short-story writer.
Ruggero LeoncavalloPerson · Music memorabiliaRuggero (or Ruggiero) Leoncavallo (23 April 18579 August 1919) was an Italian opera composer and librettist.
Sacha GuitryPerson · Film memorabiliaAlexandre-Pierre Georges "Sacha" Guitry (lang; 21 February 188524 July 1957) was a French stage actor, film actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright of the boulevard theatre.
Salvatore Di GiacomoAuthor · BooksSalvatore Di Giacomo (12 March 1860 – 5 April 1934) was an Italian poet, songwriter, playwright and fascist, one of the signatories to the Manifesto of the Fascist Intellectuals.
Sem BenelliAuthor · BooksSem Benelli (August 10, 1877 – December 18, 1949) was an Italian playwright, essayist and librettist.
Sergei ProkofievPerson · Music memorabiliaSergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (– 5 March 1953)While Prokofiev himself believed 11/23 April to be his birth date, the posthumous discovery of his birth certificate showed that he was actually…
Sergey GorodetskyArtist · PaintingsSergey Mitrofanovich Gorodetsky (Серге́й Митрофа́нович Городе́цкий; January 17 1884 – June 8, 1967) was a Russian poet.
Sheridan Le FanuAuthor · BooksJoseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu[1][2] (28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic literature, journalist and newspaper proprietor.[3][17][18] Le Fanu is considered by…
Siegfried WagnerPerson · Music memorabiliaSiegfried Helferich Richard Wagner (6 June 18694 August 1930) was a German composer and conductor, the son of Richard Wagner.
Stefan GeorgeAuthor · BooksStefan Anton George (12 July 18684 December 1933) was a German symbolist poet and a translator of Dante Alighieri, William Shakespeare, Hesiod, and Charles Baudelaire.
Svatopluk ČechAuthor · BooksIllustration — Portrait of Čech by Jan Vilímek
Temistocle SoleraAuthor · BooksTemistocle Solera (25 December 1815 – 21 April 1878) was an Italian opera composer and librettist.
Theo MarzialsAuthor · BooksThéophile-Jules-Henri "Theo" Marzials (20 December 1850 – 2 February 1920) was a British composer, singer and poet.
Theodor KramerAuthor · BooksIllustration — Theodor Kramer Memorial (Vienna-Leopoldstadt, Am Tabor)
Theodor StormAuthor · BooksHans Theodor Woldsen Storm (De-Theodor Storm.ogg; 14 September 18174 July 1888), commonly known as Theodor Storm, was a German-Frisian writer and poet.
Théophile GautierArtist · PaintingsPierre Jules Théophile Gautier (US: goh-TYAY; French: [pjɛʁ ʒyl teɔfil ɡotje]; 30 August 1811 – 23 October 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary…
Thornton WilderAuthor · BooksThornton Niven Wilder (April 17, 1897 – December 7, 1975) was an American playwright and novelist.
Velimir KhlebnikovAuthor · BooksViktor Vladimirovich Khlebnikov, better known by the pen name Velimir Khlebnikov (Велими́р Хле́бников;
Ventura de la VegaAuthor · BooksBuenaventura José María de la Vega y Cárdenas (July 14, 1807November 29, 1865), more commonly known as Ventura de la Vega, was an Argentinian writer, poet, and literary critic.
Wilfred OwenAuthor · BooksWilfred Edward Salter Owen (18 March 1893 – 4 November 1918) was an English poet and soldier. He was one of the leading poets of the First World War.
Yakov PolonskyAuthor · BooksYakov Petrovich Polonsky was a leading Pushkinist poet who wrote poems faithful to the traditions of Russian Romantic poetry during the heyday of realistic prose.
Yvan GollAuthor · BooksYvan Goll (also written Iwan Goll, Ivan Goll; born Isaac Lang; 29 March 1891 – 27 February 1950) was a French-German poet who was bilingual and wrote in both French and German.

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Italian librettists29
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