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Hofmannsthal
[ hawf-mahns-tahl ]
noun
- Hu·go von [hoo, -goh f, uh, n], 1874–1929, Austrian poet, playwright, and librettist.
Hofmannsthal
/ ˈhoːfmanstaːl /
noun
- HofmannsthalHugo von18741929MAustrianWRITING: poetTHEATRE: dramatistMUSIC: librettist Hugo von (ˈhuːɡo fɔn). 1874–1929, Austrian lyric poet and dramatist, noted as the librettist for Richard Strauss' operas, esp Der Rosenkavalier (1911), Elektra (1909), and Ariadne auf Naxos (1912)
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Von Hofmannsthal is best remembered now as the librettist of Richard Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier.
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Hugo von Hofmannsthal was a literary prodigy whom even his sharpest Viennese critics considered a great writer.
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The scene painted by Hofmannsthal might, on the whole, be used as a setting for "Countess Mizzie."
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Von Hofmannsthal's figure of the deserted lady is not a particularly moving one.
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And like Hofmannsthal's libretto, the score remains a superficial and formless thing.
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