Joseph Sonnleithner
Archivist, Librettist
1766 – 1835
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Who was Joseph Sonnleithner?
Joseph Ferdinand Sonnleithner was an Austrian librettist, theater director archivist and lawyer. He was the son of Christoph Sonnleithner, brother of Ignaz von Sonnleithner and uncle of Franz Grillparzer and Leopold von Sonnleithner. He was a personal friend and attorney of Ludwig van Beethoven, and he who wrote numerous librettos, among them, Beethoven's stage opera Fidelio, Faniska by Luigi Cherubini and Agnes Sorel by Adalbert Gyrowetz.
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- Born
- Mar 3, 1766
Vienna - Also known as
- J. Sonnenleithner
- J.F. Sonnleithner
- Joseph Ferdinand Sonnleithner
- Parents
- Siblings
- Nationality
- Austria
- Profession
- Lived in
- Vienna
- Died
- Dec 25, 1835
Vienna
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on July 23, 2013
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