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Seidl, Johann Gabriel
© Copyright Johann Gabriel Seidl, engraving after a drawing by M. Grillhofer 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; Ausgewählte Werke, ed. by W. v. Wurzbach, 4 vols. (1905). Literature: J. Watzek, J. G. S. Flinserln, doctoral thesis, Vienna, 1966. References to other albums:
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