Carl Borromäus von Miltitz explained

Carl Borromäus von Miltitz should not be confused with Karl von Miltitz.

Carl Borromäus von Miltitz (de|Karl Borromäus von Miltitz; 9 November 1781 – 19 January 1845) was a German composer, poet, and short story writer.^[1]

Life

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 writers 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]

In 1823‚ he dined with American diplomat and writer Washington Irving in Dresden.^[5]

Miltitz' brother Alexander was ambassador to Constantinople, and wrote a highly regarded book, The Manual of Consuls.^[1]

Works

Operas

• Saul^[1]
• Czerny Georg^[1]

Incidental music

• The Bride of Messina unpublished overture (1838)^[6]

German: Lied

• "Erlkönig" German: [[Lied]] based on the poem (1835)^{[7] [8]}

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)

External links

• Miltitz, Carl Borromäus von at the International Music Score Library Project

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Joseph . Thomas . Miltitz, von . . 1887 . London . J. S. Virtue . 1590 .
2. Schultze . Clemence . More Than Meets the Eye: Moritz Retzsch and The Chess-Players . Journal (Charlotte M. Yonge Fellowship) . Charlotte M. Yonge Fellowship . 10 . 2011 . 1466-0938 . 45301082 . 103–104 . 2023-12-28.
3. Web site: Schloss Scharfenberg . schloss-scharfenberg.de . 2023-08-01 .
4. Book: Gröger, Helmuth . Schloss Scharfenberg . Castles in Saxony . Heimatwerk . Saxony . 1940 . 129.
5. Book: William P. . Trent . George S. . Hellman . The Second Dresden Diary: January 20, – May 20, 1823 . The Journals of Washington Irving (Hitherto Unpublished) . 1919 . The Bibliophile Society . Boston . https://archive.org/details/journalsofwashin01irvi/page/n232 . 177 .
6. Book: Breul, Karl . Introduction . Die Braut Von Messina . Cambridge University Press . 1913 . https://books.google.com/books?id=ah89AAAAIAAJ&pg=PR23 . xxiii .
7. Music in Boston . Musical Courier . 26 January 1898 . 36 . 934 . 24 .
8. Mary Eileen . McDaniel . May 1973 . Dramatic Expression in Thirty Musical Settings of Goethe's "Der Erlkönig" . MMus . North Texas State University . 43554936 . 26 .