Georg von Hofmann (29 October 1769 (According to other sources: 1771) – 7 May 1845) was an Austrian occasional poet.
Life and work Born in Vienna, Hofmann was secretary at the Vienna Theater am Kärntnertor and, as successor to Georg Friedrich Treitschke, opera poet there.Otto Erich Deutsch: Schubert. The documents of his life. Bärenreiter, Kassel 1964, p. 91. He translated many foreign-language opera libretti into German. He wrote two poems for which Franz Schubert composed the music in 1820: Die Zauberharfe (D 644) and Die Zwillingsbrüder (D 647). Hofmann is also said to have provided the textual basis for the alleged rehearsal work with which, according to Anton Schindler, Schubert applied for a vice-conductorship at the Kärntnertortheater in 1826, which failed due to the conduct of the prima donna Nanette Schechner.Anton Schindler: Erinnerungen an Franz Schubert. In Niederrheinische Musik-Zeitung 5 (1857), and 81-85, here (Numbered). Otto Erich Deutsch, however, describes this incident as implausible.Otto Erich Deutsch: Schubert. Die Dokumente seines Lebens. Bärenreiter, Kassel 1964, pp. 360 f.
Hofmann died in Vienna at the age of 75.
Work Schauspiele Ludwig und Louise, or: Der 9. Thermidor (Schauspiel) 1815 Landleben (Lustspiel) 1817 Das Jagdschloß (Lustspiel) 1819 Ja! (Lustspiel) 1825
Libretti Helene (opera, music by Adalbert Gyrowetz) 1816 Das Rosenhütchen (Große Zauberoper, music by Carl Blum) 1819 Die Pagen des Herzogs von Vendôme (opera, music by Carl Blum) 1820 Die Zwillingsbrüder (posse, music by Franz Schubert) 1820 Die Zauberharfe (Zauberspiel, music by Franz Schubert) 1820 Der Zauberspruch (opera after Carlo Gozzi's Der Rabe, music by Johann Peter Pixis) 1822 Die Ochsenmenuette (Singspiel, music after Joseph Haydn by Ignaz von Seyfried) 1823. Die Prise Tabak, or Die Vettern als Nebenbuhler (Singspiel) 1825 Der Haushofmeister (Singspiel) 1825 Sonderbare Laune, or Sie sind doch verheiratet (Singspiel) 1825 Die Räuber und der Sänger (operetta) 1830 Sylva, or Die Macht des Gesanges (opera, music by Karl August Krebs) 1830 Der Taucher (romantic opera, music by Conradin Kreutzer) 1834
Translations Olympia (opera; translation; libretto by Michel Dieulafoy and Charles Brifaut, music by Gaspare Spontini) 1825 Der blinde Harfner (opera; translation; libretto by Michel Dieulafoy, music by Adalbert Gyrowetz) 1828 Semiramis (opera, translation; libretto by Gaetano Rossi, music by Gioachino Rossini) 1833 Die Ballnacht (Grand Opera; translation with Ignaz von Seyfried, libretto by Eugène Scribe, music by Daniel-François-Esprit Auber) 1835Die Ballnacht. Grand opera in 5 acts, with divertissement. Adapted from the French by Josef Ritter von Seyfried and Georg Edler von Hofmann. Music by Auber. Mausberger, Vienna 1835 (Die Ballnacht. Große Oper in 5 Acten, mit Divertissement. Nach dem französ. bearb. von Josef Ritter von Seyfried and Georg Edler von Hofmann. Music by Auber). Die Jüdin (grand opera, translation, libretto by Eugène Scribe, music by Jacques Halévy) 1836
References
Further reading Further reading: Hofmann, Georg (Gotthard Josef) Edler von. In Wilhelm Kosch (ed.): Deutsches Literatur-Lexikon. 3rd edition. vol. 7: Haab – Hogrebe. Francke, Bern und München 1979, , Sp. 1418 (numerized, retrieved from De Gruyter Online). Goedeke
External links
Werke von Georg von Hofmann im Munich Digitization Center Georg von Hofmann on Allmusic