| Aloys Blumauer S.J. (Society of Jesus/ Jesuit order for Catholic priests) |
| The following is a email from Austria. Following the letter we investigated the name. We found that Aloys Blumauer was a special man of letters living during the time of the American and French revolutions. He was a poet. He wrote the words for the timely song composed for the Requiem by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Jan 27, 1756 - Dec 5, 1791) called "Song of Liberty""Lied der Freiheit",. Knowing that our American forefathers listened to Mozart's music we suspect that their fervent desire for liberty was reinforced by the words Blumauer set to Mozart's music! The Americans had started something that would be unstopable. Mozart's wife Constanze said Blumauer was Mozart's favorite poet......... "Dear Mr. Moser,Thank you very much for your inquiry. This painting is from A. Blumauer. I can't really tell you if he is a known painter in Austria. I just saw the name on the painting and it was painted in Carinthia in Seebachtal Weiher am Ankogel bei Mallnitz. I attached you a picture of real scenery of Seebachtal valley! We hope to have been of help, please do not hesitate to contact us again for further information. Wishing you a nice day!Best regards, Melanie Zipin Austrian National Tourist Office Österreich Werbung Margaretenstrasse 1, 1040 Vienna" The following information was found on the internet.............................. Blumauer wrote poetry in the elegant manner of Wieland and Bürger. He is best known for a frivolous and indecent parody of the Aeneid (Virgils Aeneis oder Abenteuer des frommen Helden Aeneas, 1783).... Author of Virgils Aeneis travestirt among other according to statement of Constanze he was the Mozarts' favourite poet. Blumauer, Aloys - Austrian poet among other things the chain song (1755 - 1798).......................... Blumauer, Aloys - österreichischer Dichter u.a. des Kettenliedes (1755 - 1798)http://www.internetloge.de/arst/masons1.htm ....................... Alois Blumauer, the poet set by Mozart in his Lied der Freiheit ........................ Alois Blumauer Blumauer, Alois (Steyr, 1755-98, Vienna), a minor Austrian poet and a Jesuit until the Society of Jesus was banned in Austria in 1781 when he accepted the post of censor of books. In 1793 he became a bookseller............................ C. M. Wieland (1733-1813)was particularly looked up to in Austria, towards the end of the 18th century, where the literary movement advanced more slowly than in the north. Here Aloys Blumauer (1755-1789) and J. B. von Alxinger (1755-1797) wrote their travesties and epics under his influence.http........................... Song of the freedom, Johannes Aloys Blumauer. 2:12Lied der Freiheit, Text: Johannes Aloys Blumauer. 2:12 http://www.selections.com/BX498/mozart-complete-masterworks-170cds/?predicted=1&internalsource=product_pred .... Lied der Freiheit, KV 506, Text: Johannes Aloys Blumauer. 2:12 http://www.selections.com/BX498/mozart-complete-masterworks-170cds/?predicted=1&internalsource=product_pred.......... There is a connection somewhere with Verdi Libertad and you can here that music at this web address. http://www.nanamouskouri.de/songforl.htm |
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