Matthison, Friedrich von
Poet
Matthison, Friedrich von
1761 - 1831Friedrich von Matthisson was a German poet, an early member of the German Romantic movement. His best known poem is probably Adelaide, which was set to music by Beethoven.
He was born at Hohendodeleben near Magdeburg, the son of the village pastor, on the 23rd of January 1761. After studying theology and philology at the university of Halle, he was appointed in 1781 master at the classical school Philanthropinum in Dessau. This once famous seminary was, however, then rapidly decaying in public favor, and in 1784 Matthisson was glad to accept a travelling tutorship. He lived for two years with the Swiss author Bonstetten at Nyon on Lake Geneva.
In 1794 he was appointed reader and traveling companion to Princess Louisa of Anhalt-Dessau (wife of Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau). They visited Switzerland, Tyrol, and Italy. For a time, they were joined in their travels by Danish author and salonist Friederike Brun. After Princess Louisa's death in 1811, he entered the service of the king of Württemberg, was ennobled, created counselor of legation, appointed intendant of the court theatre and chief librarian of the royal library at Stuttgart. He resided for a time in Italy. In 1828 he retired and settled at Wörlitz near Dessau, where he died on the 12th of March 1831.
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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.
Adelaide (1814) D95 | Franz Schubert |
Adelaide (1795) Op. 46 | Ludwig van Beethoven |
Am Seegestad’, in lauen Vollmondnächten (1823) | Felix Mendelssohn |
An Laura, als sie Klopstocks Auferstehungslied sang (1814) D115 | Franz Schubert |
Andenken (1814) WoO 136 | Ludwig van Beethoven |
Andenken (1877) | Hugo Wolf |
Andenken (1814) D99 | Franz Schubert |
Der Abend (1814) D108 | Franz Schubert |
Der Geistertanz (1814) D116 | Franz Schubert |
Die Schatten (1813) D50 | Franz Schubert |
Geist der Liebe, D747 | Franz Schubert |
Klage (1816) D415 | Franz Schubert |
Lebenslied (1816) D508 | Franz Schubert |
Lied aus der Ferne (1814) D107 | Franz Schubert |
Lied der Liebe (1814) D109 | Franz Schubert |
Naturgenuss (1815) D188 | Franz Schubert |
Romanze (1814) D114 | Franz Schubert |
Vollendung (1817) D579a | Franz Schubert |