Gabriele von Baumberg

Gabriele von Baumberg

Gabriele (or Gabriella) von Baumberg (or Bamberg) (24 March 1768 – 24 July 1839), wife of János Batsányi (also Bacsányi), was an Austrian author and poet.

Life

Von Baumberg was born in Vienna, the daughter of an Austrian civil servant. She received a humanistic education and from early on was fascinated by literature. As a result of her interest she later frequented the literary circles of Vienna.

She married the Hungarian author János Batsányi in 1805. Her husband translated Napoleon's proclamation into Hungarian after which, as a traitor, he was obliged to flee to Paris, taking his wife with him.

After the end of the Napoleonic Wars Batsányi was handed over to the Austrian authorities, who at first imprisoned him in Vienna and then exiled him to Linz. Gabriele accompanied him to both places, and died in Linz in 1839.

She wrote short poems and prose pieces throughout her life.

Works

Musical settings

Several of Baumberg's poems were set to music by Mozart and Schubert.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Author: Gabriele von Baumberg (1768 - 1839) at LiederNet

Further reading

Youens, Susan. Schubert's Poets and the Making of Lieder Cambridge University Press, 1996.

External links

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