Karl Gottfried von Leitner

Poet

Karl Gottfried von Leitner

1800 - 1890

Karl (or Carl) Gottfried Ritter von Leitner ( was an Austrian author and publicist from Graz, Styria, Austria.

From 1837 to 1854 he was the first Secretary to the Estates in Styria. He was the editor of the newspaper "Steiermark Zeitschrift" (Styria Times). Karl was the curator of the Landesmuseum Joanneum (Joanneum National Museum) in Graz, Austria from 1858 to 1864, and ge co-founded the Historical Association for Styrian Friendship with Peter Rosegger.

Some of his ballads were set to music by Franz Schubert, including Der Kreuzzug (D932), Der Wallensteiner Lanzknecht beim Trunk (D931), Der Winterabend (D938), Des Fischers Liebesglück (D933), Die Sterne (D939) and Vor meine Wiege (D927).

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Song List

This list is likely to be of songs that have been performed at Oxford International Song Festivals and Oxford Song events, and may not be comprehensive of this composer's compositions. This database is ever growing as a work in progress, with further songs regularly being added.

Das Weinen (1827) D926 1827-28	Franz Schubert
Der Kreuzzug (1827) D932	Franz Schubert
Der Winterabend (1828) D938	Franz Schubert
Des Fischers Liebesglück (1827) D933	Franz Schubert
Die Sterne (1828) D939	Franz Schubert
Drang in die Ferne (1823) D770	Franz Schubert
Vor meiner Wiege (1827) D927 1827-28	Franz Schubert