Rudolf Hans Bartsch (born 11 February 1873 in

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– died 7 February 1952 in St. Peter in Graz), was an Austrian

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, and writer. He was nominated for the

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six times.

Life and work

Bartsch wrote novels and

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, which, according to today's critics often glorify the old nostalgic Austria. Gero von Wilpert ('' for'' a very fertile, non-critical narrator of the old Austria – kind with sentimental novels and short stories, cute and bittersweet love stories of playful levity) ...'' 'Encyclopedia of world literature, , Ed Gero von Wilpert . Under al. numerous . Professional scholar , DTV , München 2004 , . His novel about

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, ''Schwammerl'' (mushrooms), one of the most successful Austrian books before

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, served in 1916 as a template to the

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'' by the composer

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, which was also filmed several times. Bartsch adapted the mythological poem ''

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'', from ancient works about the god Pan and the seasons. It tells the signs of the cycle of life and the transience of the earth in the sense of the changing seasons. The work gained greater prominence when it was set to music in January 1911 by

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, who was, at the time, one of the most played song composers of Austria. It was set as a one-movement

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for mixed choir, boys' choir, organ and large orchestra. This is the first orchestral work written by Marx. The ''Autumn Chorus to Pan'' was recorded in June 2008 by the

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& Chorus under

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together with other choral works by Joseph Marx for the British label

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plus in

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and

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Awards and honors

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the city of Graz, 1932 *

Peter Rosegger Peter Rosegger (original ''Roßegger'') (31 July 1843 – 26 June 1918) was an Austrian writer and poet from Krieglach in the province of Styria. He was a son of a mountain farmer and grew up in the woodlands and mountains of Alpl. Rosegger (or R ...

Prize, 1951

Novels

*Zwölf aus der Steiermark, 1908 *Elisabeth Kött, 1909 *Schwammerl. Schubert-Roman, 1912 *Das deutsche Leid. Ein Landschafts-Roman, 1912 *Die Geschichte von der Hannerl und ihren Liebhabern, 1913 *Der letzte Student, Ullstein, Berlin 1913 *ER. Ein Buch der Andacht, 1915 *Der Flieger, 1915 *Frau Utta und der Jäger, 1915 *Lukas Rabesam, 1917 *Der junge Dichter. Roman, 1918 *Heidentum. Die Geschichte eines Vereinsamten, 1919 *Ewiges Arkadien!, 1920 *Seine Jüdin oder Jakob Böhmes Schusterkugel, 1921 *Ein Landstreicher, 1921 *Die Haindlkinder *Das Tierchen. Die Geschichte einer kleinen Grisette, 1922 *Die Salige *Venus und das Mädchengrab. Liebesgeschichte eines Sonderlings, 1926 *Die Verliebten und ihre Stadt, 1927 *Die Apotheke zur blauen Gans. Roman aus seltsamem Grenzland, 1928 *Wild und frei. Thema mit Variationen, 1928 *Der große alte Kater. Eine Schopenhauer-Geschichte, 1929 *Die Verführerin. Eine Wiener Geschichte, 1930 *Der große und der kleine Klaus, 1931 *Das Lächeln der Marie Antoinette, 1932 *Ein Deutscher. Zsgestellt aus Fragmenten der Erinnergen des Christoph Magnus von Raithenau, 1933 *Der große Traum der kleinen Wienerin. Eine heitere Staatsaktion, 1936 *Brüder im Sturm, 1940 *Wenn Majestäten lieben, 1949

Short Stories, Novellas

*''Bittersüße Liebesgeschichten'', 1910 *''Vom sterbenden Rokoko'', 1913 *''Unerfüllte Geschichten'' *''Frauen''. 3 Novellen, 1918 *''Musik''. 3 Novellen, 1923 *''Novellen'', 1924 *''Histörchen'', 1925

Plays

*''Ohne Gott. Die Tragödie einer Mutter'', 1915 *''Fernes Schiff''. 3 Akte (6 Bilder) aus dem Leben des großen Kolonisators John Smith, 1934

Essays

* ''Das Glück des deutschen Menschen'', 1927

Literature

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: ''Rudolf Hans Bartsch. Ein letztes deutsches Naturdenkmal''. Staackmann,

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1927. *Hans Dolf: ''Rudolf Hans Bartsch. Bruder des großen Pan''. Eine Studie über den Dichter mit einer Auswahl aus seinen Werken. Leykam, Graz 1964. *Sophie Rahaberger: ''Das religiöse Problem bei Rudolf Hans Bartsch''. Univ. Diss., Graz 1959.

References

External links

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