!!!Sonnleithner, Joseph

Sonnleithner, Joseph, b. Vienna, March 3, 1776, 
d. Vienna, Dec. 25, 1835, archivist and librettist. Son of 
Christoph  Sonnleithner. 1804-1814 Secretary of the Court Theatre 
(Hoftheater); wrote a number of libretti (among others for "Leonore" 
by L. van  Beethoven, "Faniska" by L. Cherubini and "Agnes Sorel" 
by A.  Gyrowetz). S. was one of the founders of the Gesellschaft der  
Musikfreunde in Wien and one of the first collectors of Austrian 
folk-songs; a friend of F.  Schubert and F.  Grillparzer. 
Bibliographies, collection of musical instruments and artistic estate 
kept in the archives of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna.


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