Father Rufinus Widl (26 September 1731 – 12 March 1798) was a Bavarian
Benedictine monk
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and a lecturer at
Salzburg University
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from 1767 until his death.
Widl was born in Frauenwörth,
Frauenchiemsee
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, Bavaria.
["Rufinus Widl"]
Regesta Ecclesiastica Salisburgensia (REA) Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salzburg
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He wrote a dissertation on ''Elementibus logicae'' in 1751. His most famous work today is the opera ''
Apollo et Hyacinthus'' to music by
Mozart; it was an entr'acte to a play performed by students at the university, ''Clementia Croesi'', which was also written by Father Widl, and first performed in 1767. Another opera, ''Filii in parentum amor'', was performed at Salzburg University in 1765 with music by . Widl died in
Obing
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, Bavaria.
References
Further reading
* Thomas Lederer, "The clemency of Rufinus Widl: Text and context of W. A. Mozart's first opera." ''Humanistica Lovaniensia'' 58 (2009), 217-373. (Textus ''Clementiae Croesi'' et ''Apollinis et Hyacinthi'' cum versionibus Anglice recensis)
* Albert Orel, ''Apollo et Hyacinthus.'' Neue Mozart-Ausgabe II/5/1. Kassell: Bärenreiter, 1990.
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1731 births
1798 deaths
Austrian Benedictines
Austrian opera librettists
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