!!!Seidl, Johann Gabriel
b. Vienna, June 21, 1804,
d. Vienna, July 18, 1875. Archaeologist, poet, narrative writer,
dramatist. 1840 curator at the Coin and Antiques Gallery in Vienna,
1856-1871 also responsible for the Treasury. Published scientific
studies, literary contributions and reviews. 1828-1858 publisher of
the paperback series "Aurora". Many of his poems were set to music by
F. Schubert and C. Loewe ("Die Uhr"); his poems in Lower Austrian
dialect were also a great success. S. wrote the new text of the then
Austrian anthem "Gott erhalte" (1854).
!Works
Poems, narratives, novellas and dramas. - Editions: Gesammelte
Schriften, ed. by H. Marx, 6 vols., 1877-1881; Ausgewaehlte
Werke, ed. by W. v. Wurzbach, 4 vols. (1905).
!Literature
J. Watzek, J. G. S. Flinserln, doctoral thesis,
Vienna, 1966.
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