Encyclopedia subject

Librettists

487 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Page 2 of 5

Ernst von WolzogenPerson · Music memorabiliaErnst von Wolzogen (23 April 1855 – 30 August 1934) was a cultural critic, a writer and a founder of Cabaret in Germany.
Ernst WiechertAuthor · BooksErnst Wiechert (18 May 1887 – 24 August 1950) was a German teacher, poet and writer.
Étienne AignanAuthor · BooksÉtienne Aignan (9 April 1773, Beaugency – 21 June 1824, Paris) was a French translator, political writer, librettist and playwright.
Eugen RothAuthor · BooksEugen Roth (January 24, 1895 – April 28, 1976) was a Bavarian poet who wrote mostly humorous verse.
Eugène ScribeAuthor · BooksIllustration — Scribe by Nadar
Eva StrittmatterAuthor · BooksEva Strittmatter (née Braun; 8 February 1930 – 3 January 2011) was a German writer of poetry, prose, and children's literature.
F. C. BurnandAuthor · BooksIllustration — From The History of "Punch"
Fanny CrosbyPerson · Music memorabiliaFrances Jane van Alstyne (née Crosby; March 24, 1820 – February 12, 1915), more commonly known as Fanny J. Crosby, was an American mission worker, poet, lyricist, and composer.
Felice RomaniAuthor · BooksIllustration — Felice Romani
Ferdinand RaimundAuthor · BooksFerdinand Raimund (born Ferdinand Jakob Raimann; 1 June 1790 – 5 September 1836, Pottenstein, Lower Austria) was an Austrian actor and playwright.
Ferdinando FontanaAuthor · BooksFerdinando Fontana (30 January 1850 – 10 May 1919) was an Italian journalist, dramatist, and poet.
Ferdinando I, Duke of ParmaArtist · PaintingsFerdinand-Marie-Philippe-Louis-Sébastien-François-Jacques de Bourbon
Floyd MutruxPerson · Film memorabiliaFloyd Mutrux (born June 25, 1941) is an American stage and film director, writer, producer, and screenwriter.
France PrešerenAuthor · BooksFrance Prešeren (3 December 1800 – 8 February 1849) was a Slovene poet whose works are widely considered some of the most important in Slovene literature.
Frances Ridley HavergalAuthor · BooksFrances Ridley Havergal (14 December 1836 – 3 June 1879) was an English religious poet and hymnwriter.
Francesco Maria PiaveAuthor · BooksIllustration — Francesco Maria Piave
Francesco Saverio SalfiAuthor · BooksFrancesco Saverio Salfi or Franco Salfi (24 January 1759 in Cosenza – 1832 in Paris) was an Italian writer, politician and librettist.
Francis JammesAuthor · BooksFrancis Jammes (2 December 1868 – 1 November 1938) was a French poet. He spent most of his life in his native region of Béarn and the Basque Country and his poems are known for their…
Francisco CamprodónAuthor · BooksFrancisco Camprodón y Safont (4 March 1816 – 16 August 1870) was a Spanish playwright, poet, politician and librettist, originally from Catalonia.
François RabelaisAuthor · BooksFrançois Rabelais (lang; born between 1483 and 1494; died 1553) was a French writer who has been called the first great French prose author.
Frank CravenPerson · Film memorabiliaFrank Craven (August 24, 1875September 1, 1945) was an American stage and film actor, playwright, and screenwriter, best known for originating the role of the Stage Manager in Thornton…
Frank MartinPerson · Music memorabiliaFrank Théodore Martin (15 September 1890 – 21 November 1974) was a Swiss composer who spent much of his life in the Netherlands.
Frank SchöbelPerson · Music memorabiliaFrank Schöbel (born 11 December 1942, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany) is a German musician.
Franz Josef DegenhardtPerson · Music memorabiliaFranz Josef Degenhardt (3 December 193114 November 2011) was a German poet, satirist, novelist, and – first and foremost – a folksinger/songwriter (Liedermacher) with decidedly left-wing…
Franz SchrekerPerson · Music memorabiliaFranz Schreker (originally Schrecker; 23 March 1878 – 21 March 1934) was an Austrian composer, conductor, librettist, teacher and administrator.
Franz von SchoberPerson · Film memorabiliaFranz Adolf Friedrich Schober, since 1801 von Schober (born 17 May 1796, Torup Castle at Malmö, Sweden;
Franz WerfelAuthor · Books
Frederick II of PrussiaPerson · Music memorabiliaFrederick II (Friedrich II; 24 January 171217 August 1786) was the monarch of Prussia from 1740 until his death in 1786.
Friederike KempnerAuthor · BooksIllustration — Friederike Kempner
Friedrich ChrysanderAuthor · BooksLeopold von Kalckreuth (1901)
Friedrich de la Motte FouquéAuthor · BooksFriedrich Heinrich Karl de la Motte, Baron Fouqué (lang; 12 February 1777 – 23 January 1843) was a German writer of the Romantic style.
Friedrich Georg JüngerAuthor · BooksFriedrich "Fritz" Georg Jünger (1 September 1898 – 20 July 1977) was a German writer and lawyer. He wrote poetry, cultural criticism and novels.
Friedrich HebbelAuthor · BooksChristian Friedrich Hebbel (18 March 1813 – 13 December 1863) was a German poet and dramatist.
Friedrich HölderlinAuthor · BooksJohann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin[1] (20 March 1770 – 7 June 1843) was a German poet and philosopher.
Friedrich von MatthissonAuthor · BooksFriedrich von Matthisson (23 January 1761 – 12 March 1831) was a German poet, an early member of the German Romantic movement.
Friedrich Wilhelm GotterAuthor · BooksFriedrich Wilhelm Gotter (3 September 1746 – 18 March 1797) was a German poet, dramatist, and opera librettist.
Gabriel MontoyaAuthor · BooksGabriel Montoya (20 October 1868, in Alès – 7 October 1914, in Castres) was a French singer, chansonnier and lyricist. The son of a pharmacist, Joseph-Henri-Victor Montoya and Noémie-
Gédéon Tallemant des RéauxAuthor · BooksGédéon Tallemant, Sieur des Réaux (7 November 1619 – 6 November 1692) was a French writer known for his Historiettes, a collection of short biographies.
Gene BuckIllustrator · IllustrationEdward Eugene Buck (August 7, 1885 – February 24, 1957) was an American illustrator of sheet music, musical theater lyricist, and president of the American Society of Composers, Authors and…
Georg Friedrich TreitschkePerson · Music memorabiliaGeorg Friedrich Treitschke (German: [ˈtʀaɪtʃkə]; 29 August 1776 – 4 June 1842) was a German librettist, translator and lepidopterist.
Georg KaiserAuthor · BooksFriedrich Carl Georg Kaiser, called Georg Kaiser, (25 November 1878 – 4 June 1945) was a German dramatist.
Georg MeyndtPerson · Music memorabiliaPeter Georg Meyndt (January 5, 1852 - December 17, 1903) was a Transylvanian notary and songwriter.
Georg Philipp HarsdorfferAuthor · BooksGeorg Philipp Harsdörffer (1 November 1607 – 17 September 1658) was a Jurist, Baroque-period German poet and translator.
George Frederick CameronAuthor · BooksGeorge Frederick Cameron (24 September 1854 – 17 September 1885) was a Canadian poet, lawyer, and journalist, best known for the libretto for the operetta Leo, the Royal Cadet.
George HerbertAuthor · Books
George Mackay BrownAuthor · BooksGeorge Mackay Brown (17 October 1921 – 13 April 1996) was a Scottish poet, author and dramatist with a distinctly Orcadian character.
George S. KaufmanPerson · Film memorabiliaGeorge Simon Kaufman (November 16, 1889June 2, 1961) was an American playwright, theater director and producer, humorist, and drama critic.
Gerald FreedmanPerson · Music memorabiliaGerald Alan Freedman (June 25, 1927 – March 17, 2020) was an American theatre director, librettist, and lyricist, and a college dean.
Gerard Manley HopkinsAuthor · BooksGerard Manley Hopkins (28 July 1844 – 8 June 1889) was an English poet and Jesuit priest.
Gérard PresgurvicPerson · Music memorabiliaGérard Presgurvic (born 1953) is a French popular composer. He was the author of 1980s pop hits "Chacun fait c'qui lui plait" and "Marre de cette nana-là", but is best known for the 2001…
Gertrud KolmarAuthor · BooksGertrud Käthe Chodziesner (10 December 1894 – March 1943), known by the literary pseudonym Gertrud Kolmar, was a German lyric poet and writer.
Gertrud von Le FortAuthor · BooksBaroness Gertrud von Le Fort (born Gertrud Auguste Lina Elsbeth Mathilde Petrea Freiin von Le Fort; 11 October 1876 – 1 November 1971) was a German writer.
Gertrude SteinAuthor · BooksGertrude Stein (February 3, 1874 – July 27, 1946) was an American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector.
Gioconda BelliAuthor · BooksGioconda Belli Pereira (born December 9, 1948) is a Nicaraguan-born novelist and poet known for her contributions to Nicaraguan literature.
Giovacchino ForzanoPerson · Film memorabiliaGiovacchino Forzano (dʒovakˈkiːno forˈtsaːno; 19 November 1884 – 28 October 1970) was an Italian playwright, librettist, stage and film director.
Giovanni Battista CastiAuthor · BooksGiovanni Battista Casti (29 August 1724 – 5 February 1803) was an Italian poet, satirist, and author of comic opera librettos.
Giovanni RuffiniAuthor · BooksGiovanni Ruffini (1807 in Genoa – 1881) was an Italian writer and patriot of the early 19th century.
Girolamo FrigimelicaDesigner · DesignIllustration — Martial Desbois - Gerolamo Frigimelica Roberti.
Giuseppe AdamiPerson · Film memorabiliaIllustration — Portrait of Giuseppe Adami
Giuseppe UngarettiAuthor · BooksGiuseppe Ungaretti (8 February 1888 – 2 June 1970) was an Italian modernist poet, journalist, essayist, critic, academic, and recipient of the inaugural 1970 Neustadt International Prize…
Gottfried KellerAuthor · BooksGottfried Keller (19 July 1819 – 15 July 1890) was a Swiss poet and writer of German literature.
Gottfried van SwietenPerson · Music memorabiliaGottfried Freiherr van Swieten (29 October 1733 – 29 March 1803) was a Dutch-born diplomat, librarian, and government official who served the Holy Roman Empire during the 18th century.
Gottlieb StephaniePerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger (19 February 1741 – 23 January 1800) was an Austrian playwright, director and librettist, most famously to Mozart.
Gro DahleAuthor · BooksShe was born in Oslo.
Guillaume ApollinaireAuthor · BooksGuillaume Apollinaire (born Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Aleksander Apolinary Kostrowicki;
Gustav HolstPerson · Music memorabiliaGustav Holst (born Gustavus Theodore von Holst; 21 September 1874 – 25 May 1934) was an English composer, arranger and teacher.
Guy BoltonPerson · Music memorabiliaGuy Reginald Bolton (23 November 1884 – 4 September 1979) was an Anglo-American playwright and writer of musical comedies.
György KurtágPerson · Music memorabilia
Handrij ZejlerAuthor · BooksHandrij Zejler (1 February 1804 – 15 October 1872; official German name Andreas Seiler) was a Sorbian writer, Lutheran pastor, and national activist.
Hans KellerPerson · Music memorabiliaHans (Heinrich) Keller (11 March 19196 November 1985) was an Austrian-born British musician and writer, who made significant contributions to musicology and music criticism, as well as…
Heinrich SeidelAuthor · BooksHeinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Seidel (25 June 1842, Perlin, Mecklenburg-Schwerin – 7 November 1906, Berlin) was a German engineer, poet and writer.
Helmina von ChézyAuthor · BooksHelmina von Chézy (26 January 1783 – 28 January 1856), née Wilhelmine Christiane von Klencke, was a German journalist, poet and playwright.
Helmut HeißenbüttelAuthor · BooksHelmut Heißenbüttel (21 June 1921 – 19 September 1996) was a German novelist and poet. Among Heißenbüttel's works are Das Textbuch (The Textbook) and Marlowe's Ende (Marlowe's End).
Henri Auguste BarbierAuthor · BooksIllustration — Henri Auguste Barbier
Henri CazalisAuthor · BooksHenri Cazalis (French: [kazalis]; 9 March 1840, Cormeilles-en-Parisis, Val-d'Oise – 1 July 1909, Geneva) was a French physician who was a symbolist poet and man of letters and wrote under…
Henri de RégnierAuthor · BooksHenri-François-Joseph de Régnier (28 December 1864 – 23 May 1936) was a French symbolist poet, considered one of the most important of France during the early 20th century.
Henri DuvernoisAuthor · BooksIllustration — Henri Duvernois
Henri GhéonAuthor · BooksHenri Ghéon (15 March 1875 – 13 June 1944), born Henri Vangeon in Bray-sur-Seine, Seine-et-Marne, was a French playwright, novelist, poet and critic.
Henrik IbsenAuthor · BooksHenrik Johan Ibsen (lang; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright.
HervéPerson · Music memorabiliaLouis-Auguste Florimond Ronger (30 June 1825 – 3 November 1892), who used the pseudonym Hervé, was a French singer, composer, librettist, conductor and scene painter, whom Ernest Newman,…
Hippolyte-Julien-Joseph LucasAuthor · BooksIllustration — Hippolyte Lucas
Horst BienekAuthor · BooksHorst Bienek (7 May 1930 in Gleiwitz – 7 December 1990 in Munich) was a German novelist and poet.
Hugo ClausIllustrator · IllustrationHugo Maurice Julien Claus (5 April 1929 – 19 March 2008) was a leading Belgian author who published under his own name as well as various pseudonyms.
Hugo von HofmannsthalAuthor · BooksHugo Laurenz August Hofmann von Hofmannsthal (German: [ˈhuːɡo fɔn ˈhoːfmanstaːl]; 1 February 1874 – 15 July 1929) was an Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator, and…
Igor StravinskyPerson · Music memorabiliaIgor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (17 June 1882 – 6 April 1971) was a Russian composer and conductor with French (from 1934) and American citizenship (from 1945).
Ingeborg BachmannAuthor · BooksAnrufung des großen Bären (1956, "Invocation of Ursa Major")
Inger ChristensenAuthor · BooksInger Christensen (16 January 1935 – 2 January 2009) was a Danish poet, novelist, essayist and editor. She is considered the foremost Danish poetic experimentalist of her generation.
Ingrid JonkerAuthor · BooksIngrid Jonker (19 September 1933 – 19 July 1965) was a South African poet and accomplished figure in modern Afrikaans literature. Her poems have been widely translated into other languages.
Ira GershwinPerson · Music memorabiliaIra Gershwin (born Israel Gershovitz; December 6, 1896 – August 17, 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the…
Isaac de BenseradeAuthor · BooksIsaac de Benserade (lang; baptized 5 November 161310 October 1691) was a French poet and playwright.
Isaac WattsAuthor · BooksIsaac Watts (17 July 1674 – 25 November 1748) was an English Congregational minister, hymn writer, theologian, and logician.
Ivan VsevolozhskyPerson · Music memorabiliaIvan Alexandrovich Vsevolozhsky (Russian: Иван Александрович Всеволожский; 1835–1909) was the Director of the Imperial Theatres in Russia from 1881 to 1898 and director of the Hermitage…
J. B. PriestleyAuthor · BooksJohn Boynton Priestley (13 September 1894 – 14 August 1984) was an English novelist, playwright, screenwriter, broadcaster and social commentator.
J. M. BarrieAuthor · BooksSir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet (9 May 1860 19 June 1937) was a British novelist and playwright.
Jacint VerdaguerAuthor · BooksJacint Verdaguer i Santaló (17 May 1845 – 10 June 1902) was a Spanish writer and priest, regarded as one of the greatest poets of Catalan literature and a prominent literary figure of the…
Jack HibberdAuthor · BooksJohn Charles Hibberd (12 April 1940 – 30 August 2024) was an Australian playwright best known for his plays Dimboola (1969) and A Stretch of the Imagination (1972). He was also a physician.
Jack YellenPerson · Music memorabiliaJack Selig Yellen (Jacek Jeleń; July 6, 1892 – April 17, 1991) was an American lyricist and screenwriter.
Jacopo FerrettiAuthor · BooksJacopo Ferretti (16 July 1784 – 7 March 1852) was an Italian writer, poet and opera librettist. His name is sometimes written as Giacomo Ferretti.
Jacques De DeckerAuthor · BooksJacques De Decker (19 August 1945 – 12 April 2020) was a Belgian writer and author.
Jakob AdlungPerson · Music memorabiliaJakob Adlung, or Adelung, (14 January 1699 – 5 July 1762) was a German organist, teacher, instrument maker, music historian, composer and music theorist.
James JoyceAuthor · BooksJames Augustine Aloysius Joyce (born James Augusta Joyce; 2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic.
Janet LewisAuthor · BooksJanet Lewis (disambiguation)
János PilinszkyAuthor · BooksJános Pilinszky (27 November 1921 – 27 May 1981) was a Hungarian poet regarded as one of the greatest Hungarian poets of the 20th century.
Jaromír NohavicaAuthor · BooksJaromír Nohavica or Jarek Nohavica (born 7 June 1953, in Ostrava) is a Czech recording artist, songwriter, lyricist and poet.
Jaroslav KvapilAuthor · BooksJaroslav Kvapil (25 September 1868 – 10 January 1950) was a Czech poet, theatre director, translator, playwright and librettist.
Jaroslav VrchlickýAuthor · BooksJaroslav Vrchlický (ˈjaroslav ˈvr̩xlɪtskiː; 17 February 1853 – 9 September 1912) was a Czech lyrical poet. He was nominated for the Nobel prize in literature eight times.
Jean de La FontaineAuthor · BooksJean de La Fontaine (lang; 8 July 162113 April 1695) was a French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century.
Jean Joseph VadéPerson · Music memorabiliaJean-Joseph Vadé (17 January 1720 – 4 July 1757) was a French chansonnier and playwright of the 18th century.
Jean LorrainAuthor · BooksJean Lorrain (9 August 1855 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime – 30 June 1906), born Paul Alexandre Martin Duval, was a French poet and novelist of the Symbolist school.
Jean PaulAuthor · BooksJean Paul (born Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, 21 March 1763 – 14 November 1825) was a German Romantic writer, best known for his humorous novels and stories.
Jean RacineAuthor · BooksJean-Baptiste Racine (USalso; 22 December 1639 – 21 April 1699) was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille, as well…
Jean TardieuAuthor · BooksJean Tardieu (born in Saint-Germain-de-Joux, Ain, 1 November 1903, died in Créteil, Val-de-Marne, 27 January 1995) was a French artist, musician, poet and dramatic author.
Jean-Benjamin de La BordePerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Jean-Benjamin de La Borde
Jean-François RegnardAuthor · BooksJean-François Regnard (7 February 1655 – 4 September 1709) was a French dramatist and poet, born in Paris, who is equally famous now for the travel diary he kept of a voyage in 1681.
Jean-Luc LagarcePerson · Film memorabiliaJean-Luc Lagarce (14 February 1957 – 30 September 1995) was a French actor, theatre director and playwright.
Jean-Nicolas BouillyAuthor · BooksJean-Nicolas Bouilly (24 January 1763 – 14 April 1842) was a French playwright, librettist, children's writer, and politician of the French Revolution.
Joan MaragallAuthor · BooksJoan Maragall i Gorina (10 October 1860 – 20 December 1911) was a Catalan poet, journalist and translator, the foremost member of the modernisme movement in literature.
Jochen KlepperAuthor · BooksJoachim Georg Wilhelm Klepper (22 March 1903 – 11 December 1942) was a German Christian writer, poet and journalist.
Joe DiPietroPerson · Music memorabiliaJoe DiPietro (born 1961) is an American playwright, lyricist and author. He is best known for the Tony Award-winning musical Memphis, for which he won the Tony Awards for Best Book of a…
Johann AndréPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann André (28 March 1741 – 18 June 1799) was a German musician, composer and music publisher of the Classical period. He was born and died in Offenbach am Main.

Related subjects

19th-century librettists207
20th-century librettists168
German librettists82
18th-century librettists67
French librettists66
American librettists64
British librettists33
17th-century librettists32
Italian librettists29
Russian librettists25
Austrian librettists22

All subjects Return to the Encyclopedia