!!!Specht, Richard

Specht, Richard, b. Vienna, Dec. 7, 1870, 
d. Vienna, March 19, 1932, poet, dramatist, music journalist. 
Member of the circle of poets  "Jung-Wien", friend of A.  Schnitzler; 
worked for the Viennese journal "Wiener Illustriertes Extrablatt" and 
other newspapers, from 1910 with R.  Batka editor of the magazine "Der 
Merker". Leading music journalist of his time, strong supporter of G.  
Mahler ("Gustav Mahler", 1905); 1925 professor at the Academy of Music 
and Performing Arts in Vienna.

!Further works
poetry: Gedichte, 1893; Mozart, 1914. -Narrative story: 
Florestan Kestners Erfolg, 1929. - Dramas: Das Gastmahl des Plato, 
1895; Pierrot bossu, 1896; Die Nase des Herrn Valentin Berger, 1929. - 
Biographies: A. Schnitzler, 1922; F. Werfel, 1926.



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