Die georgine hermann von gilm biography

Austrian lawyer and poet

Hermann von Gilm, officially Hermann Gilm von Rosenegg (1 November 1812 – 31 May 1864) was an Austrian lawyer and poet.

Born in Innsbruck, he studied law there.

Written in , the eight songs after texts by the now little-known poet Hermann von Gilm have a special place in Richard Strauss' corpus of Lieder.

"Allerseelen" ("All Souls' Day") is an art song for voice and piano composed by Richard Strauss in , setting a poem by the Austrian poet Hermann von Gilm.

Hermann von Gilm ( – ), or Hermann Gilm von Rosenegg was an Austrian lawyer and poet.

Hermann von Gilm, the poet of Strauss's Opus 10, was an Austrian civil servant whose verse was greatly admired by Gottfried Benn and is still highly prized.

Zueignung is a Lied composed by Richard Strauss in (completed 13 August), setting a poem by the Austrian poet Hermann von Gilm.

He worked from 1840 as a public official in Schwaz, Bruneck and Rovereto. From 1846 he worked in Vienna.

Richard Strauss set several of his Sophienlieder to music. Von Gilm died in Linz.

Hermann von Gilm zu Rosenegg ; Gender.

Selected publications

• Märzveilchen (1836)
• Sommerfrischlieder aus Natters (1839)
• Sophienlieder (1844)
• Tiroler Schützen-Leben. Festgabe zur Feier der fünfhundertjährigen Vereinigung Tirols mit dem österreichischen Herrscherhause.

  Wagner, Innsbruck 1863. – Volltext online.

• Gedichte. Zwei Bände.

  Hermann von Gilm, the poet of Strauss's Opus 10, was an Austrian civil servant whose verse was greatly admired by Gottfried Benn and is still highly prized.

  Gerold, Wien 1864-65.

• Nachtrag (1868)
• Jakob Stainer. Dichtung. In: Jakob Stainer, der Geigenmacher von Absam in Geschichte und Dichtung. Wagner, Innsbruck 1992, S. 137–143. — Volltext online.
• Gedichte.

  Liebeskind, Leipzig 1894. – Volltext online.

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