Jedermann (other)
Jedermann (a German word, whose English meaning is "everyone" or "anyone" or "Everyman") may refer to: * ''Jedermann'' (play), a 1911 Austrian play by Hugo von Hofmannsthal * ''Jedermann'' (film), a 1961 film based on the Hofmannsthal play * ''Jedermann'' (Sibelius), 1916 incidental music by Jean Sibelius to the Hofmannsthal play See also *Sechs Monologe aus Jedermann (Six monologues from Jedermann, 1943–44)), songs by Frank Martin *Everyman (other) An Everyman is stock character in drama. This person is an ordinary individual, with whom the audience is able to easily identify. Everyman may also refer to: Companies and organizations Cinemas and theaters * Everyman Cinemas, a chain of cinemas ...

Jedermann (play)
(''Everyman. The play of the rich man's death'') is a play by the Austrian playwright Hugo von Hofmannsthal. It is based on several medieval mystery plays, including the late 15th-century English morality play ''Everyman''. It was first performed on 1 December 1911 in Berlin, directed by Max Reinhardt at the Circus Schumann. Since 1920, it has been performed regularly at the Salzburg Festival. Plot God sends Death (Tod) to summon the rich bon viveur Jedermann who is then abandoned by his friends, his wealth and his lover (Buhlschaft). History The play was conceived by Hugo von Hofmannsthal in the tradition of medieval morality plays, based on ''Elckerlijc'' (ca. 1470) by Peter van Diest, the late 15th-century English ''Everyman'', ''Hecastus'' (1539) by Macropedius, and ''Hekastus'' (1549) by Hans Sachs. It was first performed on 1 December 1911 in Berlin under the direction of Max Reinhardt at the Circus Schumann (which later became the Großes Schauspielhaus). In 1920, ...
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Jedermann (film)
''Jedermann'' (English: ''Everyman'') is a 1961 Austrian drama film directed by Gottfried Reinhardt, based on the 1911 play of the same title written by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. The film was submitted as the Austrian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 34th Academy Awards, but it was not selected as one of the five nominees in the category.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Plot Death is sent by God to summon the wealthy bon vivant Jedermann. In his time of greatest need, he is abandoned by his lover, friends and wealth. Cast * Walther Reyer as Jedermann * Ellen Schwiers as Buhlschaft * Paula Wessely as Glaube * Sonja Sutter as Gute Werke * Kurt Heintel as Der Tod * Paul Dahlke as Mammon * Ewald Balser as Die Stimme des Herrn * Heinrich Schweiger as Der Teufel * Alma Seidler as Jedermanns Mutter * Max Lorentz as Der Spielansager * Wolfgang Gasser as Jedermanns guter Gesell * Viktor Braun as Der Koch * Helmut Janatsch as Ein armer ...
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Jedermann (Sibelius)
''Everyman'' (in Finnish: ; in German: '), Op. 83, is a theatre score—comprising 16 numbers—for soloists, mixed choir, orchestra, piano, and organ by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius; he wrote the music in 1916 to accompany a Finnish-language production of the Austrian author Hugo von Hofmannsthal's 1911 play of the same name. The play premiered on 5 November 1916 at the Finnish National Theatre in Helsinki, with Robert Kajanus conducting the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra; the theatre director was . History Composition On 15 May 1916, the theatre director wrote to Sibelius asking if he would like to score the Finnish National Theatre's upcoming Finnish-language production of , a modern adaptation by the Austrian playwright Hugo von Hofmannsthal of the fifteenth-century English morality play ''Everyman''. , which Max Reinhardt had premiered in Berlin on 1 December 1911 at the , had taken Europe by storm, with subsequent production ...
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Frank Martin (composer)
Frank Martin (15 September 1890 – 21 November 1974) was a Swiss composer, who spent much of his life in the Netherlands. Childhood and youth Born into a Huguenot family in the Eaux-Vives quarter of Geneva, the youngest of the ten children of a Calvinist pastor named Charles Martin, Frank Martin started to improvise on the piano prior to his formal schooling. At the age of nine he had already written a few songs without external musical instruction. At 12, he attended a performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's '' St. Matthew Passion'' and was deeply affected by it. Respecting his parents' wishes, he studied mathematics and physics for two years at Geneva University, but at the same time was also studying piano, composition and harmony with his first music teacher Joseph Lauber (1864–1953), a Geneva composer and by that time a leading figure of the city's musical scene. In the 1920s, Martin worked closely with Émile Jaques-Dalcroze from whom he learned much about rhythm a ...
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