Salomon Hermann Mosenthal (14 January 1821 in

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– 17 February 1877 in

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) was a

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, and

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of German-Jewish descent who spent much of his life in Austria. He was also known for his

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. His name is also sometimes written as ''Hermann Salomon von Mosenthal, Solomon Hermann Mosenthal, or Solomon Hermann von Mosenthal''.

Life

Mosenthal attended the gymnasium in

and the

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school in

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. In 1841 he went to

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as a private teacher. In 1846 his dramatized folk-story ''Der Hollander Michel'' was produced as in 1847 was succeeded his three-act drama ''Die Sklavin''. Neither of these had any enduring success. In 1849 his poetic drama ''Cäcilia von Albano'' was warmly received by both the public and critics; after this he had opportunities at the Burgtheater, and ''Cäcilia'' was published in

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in 1851. His next production, ''Deborah'' (Budapest, 1849; Presburg, 1875, 6th ed. 1890), was translated into several languages. In English it became famous under the title of ''Leah, the Forsaken''. It was first produced at the royal theater in Berlin in 1850. Mosenthal also wrote opera librettos: *''

Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor ''The Merry Wives of Windsor'' (German: ''Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor'') is an opera in three acts by Otto Nicolai to a German libretto by Salomon Hermann Mosenthal based on the play ''The Merry Wives of Windsor'' by William Shakespeare. The ...

'' (Otto Nicolai, Vienna, 1871) *''Die Folkunger'' (

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, 1874) *'' Das goldene Kreuz'' (Ignaz Brüll, Berlin, 1875) *''

Die Königin von Saba ' (''The Queen of Sheba'') is an opera in four acts by Karl Goldmark. The German libretto by Hermann Salomon Mosenthal sets a love triangle into the context of the Queen of Sheba's visit to the court of King Solomon, recorded in First Kings (l ...

'' (Carl Goldmark, Vienna, 1888) *''

Die Kinder der Heide ''Die Kinder der Heide'' ''(The Children of the Moorland)'' is a four-act opera by Anton Rubinstein, to a libretto by Salomon Mosenthal, based on a verse novel by the Hungarian poet Carl Beck. Background Whilst working on the opera in 1859, Rubin ...

'', (Anton Rubinstein) *'' Die Maccabäer'', (Anton Rubinstein)Theodore Ziolkowski ''Uses and Abuses of Moses: Literary Representations'' 0268098557 - 2016 "The generalization above does not apply to the “spiritual opera” Moses (1887–89) by Anton Rubinstein with a libretto by Heinrich Mosenthal.37 Mosenthal (actually Salomon Hermann von Mosenthal, 1821–77) was a prolific writer with a pronounced interest in Jewish themes: notably his highly popular drama Deborah (1848) and his libretto for Rubinstein's better-known opera Die Makkabäer (1872–74) .... *''

Moses Moses hbo, מֹשֶׁה, Mōše; also known as Moshe or Moshe Rabbeinu (Mishnaic Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ, ); syr, ܡܘܫܐ, Mūše; ar, موسى, Mūsā; grc, Mωϋσῆς, Mōÿsēs () is considered the most important pro ...

'' (Rubinstein) A volume of Mosenthal's poems was published at Vienna in 1847, and a complete edition in 1866. He also wrote a novel, ''Jephtha's Tochter'', which was included in the ''Neuer Deutscher Novellenschatz'', No. 2, Munich, 1884. A collected edition of his writings, for the arrangement of which he had left instructions, was published in six volumes in

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in 1878; with a portrait.

References

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