Carl Borromäus von Miltitz
Carl Borromäus von Miltitz (German: Karl Borromäus von Miltitz; 9 November 1781 – 19 January 1845) was a German poet, composer, and writer.[1]
Life[edit]
Miltitz was born in Dresden on 9 November 1781.[1]
He held a literary circle at his ancestral castle Schloss Scharfenberg for about six years from 1811,[2] with several leading authors of the time, including Novalis, Christian Gottfried Körner, Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, Johann August Apel and E. T. A. Hoffmann.[3] He was also a patron of artists, several of whom were commissioned to paint the castle, such as Ernst Ferdinand Oehme, Thomas Fearnley, Johan Christian Clausen Dahl and Caspar David Friedrich.[4]
Miltitz' brother Alexander was ambassador to Constantinople, and wrote a highly regarded book, The Manual of Consuls.[1]
Works[edit]
- Operas
- Incidental music
- The Bride of Messina unpublished overture (1838)[5]
- Lied
- Short stories
- "Der Bergmönch" ('The Mountain Monk') in Wunderbuch (volume 3, 1817)
- "Muhme Bleich" ('Aunt Pale') in Wunderbuch (volume 3, 1817)
- "Friedbert" ('Friedbert') in Wunderbuch (volume 3, 1817)
- "Die zwölf Nächte" ('The Twelve Nights') in Aus der Geisterwelt (volume 1, 1818)
- "Die Todtenrache" ('The Revenge of the Dead') in Aus der Geisterwelt (volume 2, 1818)
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e Thomas, Joseph, ed. (1887). "Miltitz, von". The Universal Dictionary of Biography and Mythology. London: J. S. Virtue. p. 1590.
- ^ Schultze, Clemence (2011). "More Than Meets the Eye: Moritz Retzsch and The Chess-Players". Journal (Charlotte M. Yonge Fellowship) (10). Charlotte M. Yonge Fellowship: 103–104. ISSN 1466-0938. JSTOR 45301082. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
- ^ "Schloss Scharfenberg". schloss-scharfenberg.de. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
- ^ Gröger, Helmuth (1940). Schloss Scharfenberg. Castles in Saxony. Saxony: Heimatwerk. p. 129.
- ^ Breul, Karl (1913). "Introduction". Die Braut Von Messina. Cambridge University Press. p. xxiii.
- ^ "Music in Boston". Musical Courier. Vol. 36, no. 934. 26 January 1898. p. 24.
- ^ McDaniel, Mary Eileen (May 1973). Dramatic Expression in Thirty Musical Settings of Goethe's "Der Erlkönig" (MMus thesis). North Texas State University. p. 26. OCLC 43554936.