!!!Mayrhofer, Johann Baptist

Mayrhofer, Johann (Baptist), b. Steyr (Upper Austria), Nov. 3, 
1787, d. Vienna (suicide), Feb. 5, 1836, poet and censor. Wrote 
many song texts for his friend F.  Schubert, with whom he shared an 
apartment for 3 years, wrote the librettos for the singspiel "Die 
beiden Freunde von Salamanca" (1815) and the opera "Adrast". He 
published "Erinnerungen an F. Schubert" (Memories of Schubert) in 
1829. His literary estate was published by E. von  Feuchtersleben in 
1843.

!Literature
F. List, J. M., ein Freund und Textdichter F. 
Schuberts, doctoral thesis, Muenchen 1921; R. Holl, Schubert, M. und 
die dt. Romantik, in: Schubertiade Hohenems, 1984; NDB.


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