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Karl Haffner
Karl Haffner (pseudonym), real name Karl Schlechter, (8 November 1804 – 29 February 1876) was a German dramaturge. Life and work Born in Königsberg, Haffner attended the Collegium Fridericianum. Already at the age of 16 he joined a travelling troupe and as a travelling comedian he passed through Prussia, Saxony, Silesia, Austria and Hungary. After ten years he became a dramatist and playwright at the Pest Theater with Feodor Grimm, after he had already made some dramatic attempts before. In Pest he wrote tragedies like ''The robbery shooters, The curl of the decapitated, Blocks of the grave, Schwarzenberg and Palffy'' and ''Batorys Tod,'' which received the stormy applause of the audience. The well-known theatre director Carl Carl in Vienna strangely recognized Haffner's talent for the local posse in this work and engaged him for nine years for the Theater an der Wien as a theatre poet. Haffner had to commit himself to the delivery of eleven plays per year and he kept this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Haffner
Karl Haffner (pseudonym), real name Karl Schlechter, (8 November 1804 – 29 February 1876) was a German dramaturge. Life and work Born in Königsberg, Haffner attended the Collegium Fridericianum. Already at the age of 16 he joined a travelling troupe and as a travelling comedian he passed through Prussia, Saxony, Silesia, Austria and Hungary. After ten years he became a dramatist and playwright at the Pest Theater with Feodor Grimm, after he had already made some dramatic attempts before. In Pest he wrote tragedies like ''The robbery shooters, The curl of the decapitated, Blocks of the grave, Schwarzenberg and Palffy'' and ''Batorys Tod,'' which received the stormy applause of the audience. The well-known theatre director Carl Carl in Vienna strangely recognized Haffner's talent for the local posse in this work and engaged him for nine years for the Theater an der Wien as a theatre poet. Haffner had to commit himself to the delivery of eleven plays per year and he kept this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Die Fledermaus
' (, ''The Flittermouse'' or ''The Bat'', sometimes called ''The Revenge of the Bat'') is an operetta composed by Johann Strauss II to a German libretto by Karl Haffner and Richard Genée, which premiered in 1874. Background The original literary source for ' was ' (''The Prison''), a farce by German playwright Julius Roderich Benedix that premiered in Berlin in 1851. On 10 September 1872, a three-act French vaudeville play by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, ', loosely based on the Benedix farce, opened at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal. Meilhac and Halévy had provided several successful libretti for Offenbach and ''Le Réveillon'' later formed the basis for the 1926 silent film '' So This Is Paris'', directed by Ernst Lubitsch. Meilhac and Halévy's play was soon translated into German by Karl Haffner (1804–1876), at the instigation of Max Steiner, as a non-musical play for production in Vienna. The French custom of a New Year's Eve ''réveillon'', or supper party ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julius Hopp
Julius Hopp (18 May 1819 – 28 August 1885) was an Austrian composer, conductor, arranger and translator. Life and career Born in Graz, Empire of Austria, the son of the actor and poet Friedrich Hopp, Lucius became known in the 1860s and 1870s through his adaptations of Jacques Offenbach's operettas, which were mainly performed in the Theater an der Wien, where Hopp was Kapellmeister. He composed parodies, antics and folk plays and appeared as a translator of French operas and operettas. In particular Hopp's ''sparkling adaptations'' of the operettas of Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) ensured the success of these works on Viennese soil and brought ''riches'' to theatre entrepreneurs whereby Hopp, due to his modesty, but not entirely through his own fault,. did not enjoy that ''shower of gold''.. Of Hopp's own works - despite their richness of melody - ''Das Donauweibchen'' and ''Morilla'' were only moderate successes. "Margaret and Mitten," on the other hand, had countless perf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anton M , the championship trophy of the Swedish junior hockey ...
Anton may refer to: People *Anton (given name), including a list of people with the given name *Anton (surname) Places *Anton Municipality, Bulgaria **Anton, Sofia Province, a village *Antón District, Panama **Antón, a town and capital of the district *Anton, Colorado, an unincorporated town *Anton, Texas, a city *Anton, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community *River Anton, Hampshire, United Kingdom Other uses *Case Anton, codename for the German and Italian occupation of Vichy France in 1942 *Anton (computer), a highly parallel supercomputer for molecular dynamics simulations * ''Anton'' (1973 film), a Norwegian film * ''Anton'' (2008 film), an Irish film *Anton Cup The Anton Cup is the championship trophy of the Swedish junior hockey league, J20 SuperElit. The trophy was donated by Anton Johansson, chairman of the Swedish Ice Hockey Association between 1924 and 1948, in 1952, as an award for Sweden's top-ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinrich Zschokke
Johann Heinrich Daniel Zschokke (22 March 177127 June 1848) was a German, later Swiss, author and reformer. Most of his life was spent, and most of his reputation earned, in Switzerland. He had an extensive civil service career, and wrote histories, fiction and other works which were widely known. Biography Youth and early career in Prussia Born in Magdeburg, Prussia, he was educated at the monasterial (Kloster) school and at the Altstädter Gymnasium there. He ran away from school at 17, and spent some time as playwright with a company of strolling actors. Later, he studied philosophy, theology and history at the University of Frankfurt (Oder), where in 1792 he established himself as a Privatdozent. While a Privatdozent, Zschokke created a sensation by publishing the extravagant novel, ''Abällino, der grosse Bandit'' (1793; subsequently also dramatized), modelled on Schiller's ''Die Räuber'', and the melodramatic tragedy ''Julius von Sassen'' (1796). Move to Switzerlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Baptist Klerr
Johann Baptist Klerr (15 July 1830 – 27 September 1875) was an Austrian Kapellmeister and composer. Life Born in Baden bei Wien, Klerr was the younger brother of Ludwig Klerr. In 1848 Klerr got an engagement as a musician at the and from there he later went to the city theatre in Bratislava in the same function. From 1856 he worked as a conductor at the Sopron theatre and occasionally worked there with his brother Ludwig. The next stages were Wiener Neustadt, Baden and after a short guest performance in 1858 in Kraków, Klerr was signed on in Budapest. In 1862 he was engaged as Kapellmeister at the Carltheater in Vienna and worked there until 1867 among others also with Franz von Suppé. In 1867, Klerr moved to the Theater an der Wien, also as Kapellmeister. Between 1868 and 1872 and again from 1874 to 1875 Klerr brought together the venues of Baden and Wiener Neustadt as musical director. Klerr died at the age of 45 in Baden, where he also found his final resting place. W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Pfundheller
Josef Pfundheller (22 May 1813 – 26 February 1889) was an Austrian writer and journalist, who also appeared as a playwright of the . Life Born in Vienna, Pfundheller joined the Catholic literary movement in Austria at an early stage, and from 1840 onwards he worked as a journalist for various major Viennese newspapers, such as the ''Österreichische Morgenblatt''. From 1872 he worked as an editor at the Wiener ''Gemeinde-Zeitung'', and in 1886/87 he was publisher and chief editor of the ''Österreichischen Reichsboten''. Since 1848, Pfundheller published book editions of his literary works, which often referred to historical themes. He also wrote several stage plays as theatre poet. Pfundheller died in Vienna at the age of 75. Work Plays Publications * ''Ein Gang durch die Vorzeit'', historische Novellen, Verlag J.J. Busch, Vienna 1846 * ''Novellen und Erzählungen'', zwei Bände, Verlag Pichler, Vienna 1848 * ''Der Preßproceß: "Presse contra Kirchenzeitung"'', Ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolf Müller Senior
Adolf (also spelt Adolph or Adolphe, Adolfo and when Latinised Adolphus) is a given name used in German-speaking countries, Scandinavia, the Netherlands and Flanders, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Latin America and to a lesser extent in various Central European and East European countries with non-Germanic languages, such as Lithuanian Adolfas and Latvian Ādolfs. Adolphus can also appear as a surname, as in John Adolphus, the English historian. The female forms Adolphine and Adolpha are far more rare than the male names. The name is a compound derived from the Old High German ''Athalwolf'' (or ''Hadulf''), a composition of ''athal'', or ''adal'', meaning "noble" (or '' had(u)''-, meaning "battle, combat"), and ''wolf''. The name is cognate to the Anglo-Saxon name '' Æthelwulf'' (also Eadulf or Eadwulf). The name can also be derived from the ancient Germanic elements "Wald" meaning "power", "brightness" and wolf (Waldwulf). Due to negative associations with Adolf H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Binder
Carl Binder (born August 10, 1960) is a Canadian television writer and producer. He is most noted for his contributions to the ''Stargate SG-1'' and ''Stargate Atlantis'' series as well as ''Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman'' and ''Little Men''. Binder currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia. Career Binder, who hails from Ontario, has worked extensively in television since the mid-1980s. He helped write the 1995 Disney animated movie, ''Pocahontas''. Binder was set to co-write the third ''Stargate SG-1'' movie with Brad Wright and served as an executive producer for the '' Stargate'' series ''Stargate Universe''. More recently, he worked on '' Transporter: The Series'', ''Houdini and Doyle ''Houdini & Doyle'' is a British television drama series loosely based on the real-world friendship of Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A 10-episode first season was ordered by Fox in the United States, ITV in the United Kingdom, an ...'' and the miniseries ''Unspeakable''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Hebenstreit
Michael Hebenstreit (ca 1812 – after 1875) was an Austrian Kapellmeister and composer for stage music. Life Almost nothing has been handed down about Hebenstreit's life, only a few scores have survived. He was a successor to Adolf Müller senior as Kapellmeister as well as in the field of stage music and often worked together with Johann Nestroy. His place of activity was the Leopoldstädter Theater, which, after being demolished and rebuilt under director Carl Carl, was renamed the Carltheater The Carltheater was a theatre in Vienna. It was in the suburbs in Leopoldstadt at Praterstraße 31 (at that time called Jägerzeile). It was the successor to the Leopoldstädter Theater. After a series of financial difficulties, that theater had ... in December 1847, where he worked until his death in 1875. After the premiere of ' on 17 November 1849, the ''Österreichische Courier'' of 20 November 1849 (No 276, ) wrote rather derogatory about Hebenstreit's music, it would be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiener Zentralfriedhof - Gruppe 3 - Karl Haffner
Wiener (from German: "Viennese") may refer to: Food * A Polish sausage (kielbasa) or "wenar" * A Vienna sausage of German origin, named after the capital of Austria * A hot dog, a cooked sausage, traditionally grilled or steamed and served in a sliced bun People * Wiener (surname) Places *Wiener Neudorf, a town in the eastern part of the Mödling district, Austria *Wiener Neustadt, a town south of Vienna, in the state of Lower Austria, Austria *Wiener Stadthalle, an indoor arena, in Vienna, Austria *Wiener Staatsoper, the Vienna State Opera Other uses *The Wiener AC, also known as Wiener AC or WAC, an Austrian sports club in Vienna * Wiener process, a mathematical model related to Brownian motion * Wiener equation, named after Norbert Wiener, assumes the current velocity of a fluid particle fluctuates randomly * Wiener filter, a noise filter used in signal processing * Wiener (crater), a crater on the far side of the Moon *''Wiener Bonbons'', a waltz by Johan Strauss II *The W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donaustadt
Donaustadt (; literally, Danube City; Central Bavarian: ''Donaustod'') is the 22nd district of Vienna, Austria (german: 22. Bezirk, Donaustadt). Donaustadt is the eastern district of Vienna.Statistik Austria, 2007, webpage statistik.at-23450. Wien.gv.at webpage (see below: References). Geography The Donaustadt district is situated in the northeast part of Vienna and is the largest of the districts by area, occupying about one-quarter of the Vienna city area, . It borders the 2nd District (Leopoldstadt), the 11th District (Simmering), and the 21st District (Floridsdorf), as well as parts of Lower Austria. The district has a large part to the west of the Danube, Danube Island and Old Danube. In the east and north, Donaustadt shares the Marchfeld. Overall, about 59 percent of the district's territory is in green areas, making 30 percent of Vienna's green space lie in the 22nd District. By Danube regulation, in 1870-75, the territory of the present district was radically cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
