Composers and their stage works 

Ferdinand Raimund

Austrian dramatist, pseudonym of Jakob Raimann. Born Mariahilf, Vienna June 1, 1790: died Pottenstein September 5, 1836

Stage Works

All were first performed in Vienna.

  1. Der Barometermacher auf der Zauberinsel (The Barometer Maker on the Enchanted Isle). Fairy-tale farce, 3 acts. Written 1823. Published 1837. Produced Theater in der Leopoldstadt, Dec. 18, 1823. 
  2. Der Diamant des Geisterkönigs (The Diamond of the King of Spirits). Fairy-tale farce, 3 acts. Written 1824. Published 1837. Produced Theater in der Leopoldstadt, Dec. 17, 1824. 
  3. Das Mädchen aus der Feenwelt oder Der Bauer als Millionär (The Girl from Fairyland or The Farmer as Millionaire). Fairy-tale drama, 3 acts. Written 1826. Published 1837. Produced Theater in der Leopoldstadt, Nov. 10, 1826. 
  4. Moisasurs Zauberfluch (The Magic Curse of Moisasur). Fairy-tale drama, 3 acts. Written 1827. Published 1837. Produced Theater an der Wien, Sept. 25, 1827. 
  5. Die gefesselte Phantasie (Fettered Fancy). Fairytale drama, 2 acts. Written 1828. Published 1837. Produced Theater in der Leopoldstadt, Jan. 8,1828. 
  6. Der Alpenkönig and der Menschenfeind (The King of the Alps and the Enemy of Man). Drama, 3 acts. Written 1828. Published 1837. Produced Theater in der Leopoldstadt Oct. 17, 1828. 
  7. Die unheilbringende Krone oder König ohne Reich, Held ohne Mut, Schönheit ohne Jugend (The Fatal Crown or King Without a Kingdom, Hero Without Courage, Beauty Without Youth). Fairy-tale drama, 2 acts. Written 1829. Published 1837. Produced Theater in der Leopoldstadt, Dec. 4, 1829. 
  8. Der Verschwender (The Spendthrift). Fairy-tale drama, 3 acts. Written 1833. Published 1837. Produced Theater in der Josefstadt, Feb. 20, 1834.

CRITICISM 

  1. R. Smekal, Ferdinand Raimund, Vienna, 1920;
  2. id., Grillparzer und Raimund, Vienna, 1920;
  3. O. Rauscher, Ferdinand Raimund, Leipzig, 1936;
  4. H. Kindermann, Ferdinand Raimund, Vienna, 1943;
  5. O. Rommel, Ferdinand Raimund and die Vollendung des Alt-Wiener Zauberstückes, Vienna, 1947;
  6. J. Hein, Ferdinand Raimund, Stuttgart, 1970;
  7. D. Prohaska, Raimund and Vienna: A Critical Study of Raimund's Plays in their Viennese Setting, Cambridge, 1970;
  8. F. Schaumann, Gestalt and Funktion des Mythos in F. Raimunds Bühnenwerk, Vienna, 1970;
  9. G. Wiltschko, Raimunds Dramaturgie, Munich, 1973;
  10. L. Harding, The Dramatic Art of Ferdinand Raimund and Johann Nestroy: A Critical Study, The Hague, 1974;
  11. J. Hein, Das Wiener Volkstheater: Raimund and Nestroy, Darmstadt, 1978.