!!!Gregor, Joseph

Gregor, Joseph, b. Chernovtsy, Ukraine (then Czernowitz), Oct. 26, 1888, 
d. Vienna, Oct. 12, 1960, studied literary and theatrical sciences, 
university professor, head of library; poet, narrative writer and 
dramatist, author of opera librettos (for example, for R.  Strauss). 
Founded the theatre collection of the Austrian National Library in 
1923 which later on became the  Austrian Theatre Museum, head of the 
library until 1954. In 1922/23 took over various theatre libraries; 
compiled a collection of stage models and costumes; founded the 
archives of film studies in 1929.

!Works
Das Wiener Barocktheater, 1922; Wiener szenische Kunst, 
2 vols., 1924/1925; Denkmaeler des Theaters, 12 maps, 1926-1930 
(ed.); Das Zeitalter des Films, 1932; Weltgeschichte des Theaters, 
2 vols., 1933; Kulturgeschichte der Oper, 1941; Shakespeare, 
1942; Kulturgeschichte des Balletts, 1944; Geschichte des 
oesterreichischen Theaters 1948; C. Krauss, 1953; Der 
Schauspielfuehrer, 6 vols., 1953-1957; Europa, 1957. - Opera 
libretti for R. Strauss: Friedenstag, 1938; Daphne, 1938; Die Liebe 
der Danae, 1944. - R. Strauss und J. G., Briefwechsel 1934-1949, 
1955.

!Literature
A. Bleier-Brody, Versuch einer J. G.-Bibliographie, 
1958.



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