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The article presents the circumstances surrounding the premiere of the opera The Magic Flute to music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The first performance of this most frequently staged opera work in the world to this day (before Carmen and La Traviata) took place at the Freihaustheater in Vienna in 1791. The author of the libretto and the first performer of the role of Papageno was the director of the Freihaustheater, the great theatre visionary Emanuel Schikaneder. In 1801, 10 years after Mozart's death, Schikaneder opened a new private theatre. It was on the day of the inauguration of the famous Theater an der Wien that the Polish soprano Antoinette Campi, born in Lublin as Antonia Miklaszewicz, made her debut on its stage in the leading role in the opera Alexander. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An essay showcasing the multilayered nature of Vienna's history using examples selected by the author on the basis of her many years of research queries. From an analysis of historical facts and information about Viennese monuments, there emerge non-obvious connections and testimonies to Braudel's "long duration" of tradition. Polish motifs appear in the context of many places, people, events and works cited in the article. The author reminds us that in the first years after the fall of the First Polish Republic, Vienna attracted Poles, and not only those coming from the aristocratic circles. They lived and studied there, some created institutions important to the Austro-Hungarian monarchy (like Maksymilian Ossoliński) or held high governmental positions (like Karol Lanckoroński). In addition, the article addresses issues such as the peculiarities of Viennese architecture, the characterisation of the first two generations of Ringstrasse residents or a description of the relationship of Vienna's mayor Karl Lueger with innovative art groups: Wiener Secession and Hagenbund. Special attention is given to sections dedicated to the famous Beethoven exhibition organized in 1902 at the Secession Pavilion, as well as the topic of Gustav Mahler and his position among the Viennese cultural elite. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article focuses on the alleged affair between Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756--1791) and Magdalena Hofdemel (née Pokorný, 1766 -- after 1804), a Czech pianist and violinist, which purportedly resulted in her becoming pregnant and giving birth to an illegitimate child. Consequently, Magdalena's husband, Franz Hofdemel (circa 1755--1791), a Viennese lawyer and court chancery clerk, out of jealousy, is said to have poisoned Mozart. This issue has long animated Mozart lovers. The community of writers on this topic can be divided into four groups. Some question the affair and thus Mozart's poisoning. Conversely, others support the idea, with some even presenting intriguing additional information. Meanwhile, a third group argued that neither confirmation nor denial is possible, while some simply report the event without taking a stance. It can be said that the discussion presented in the article between supporters and opponents is often emotional, and evidence is generally not provided. It must be emphasized that there is no evidence for either the alleged affair or Mozart's poisoning by Hofdemel. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the article „Polish Women Emigrants as City Guide Authors: The Case of Selected Authors Living in Vienna and Berlin". I portray the phenomenon of the creation of original city guides by individuals professionally involved in literature, and actively engaged on the Internet. I am interested in the specificity of the genre, that results from giving it an author's signature, and the autobiographical entanglement, which usually lies at the heart of the decision to write a book about the city one resides in. At the same time, it is interesting to note the connections of city guides with other genres, for example, journalism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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During the Age of Enlightenment, many Poles pursued medical studies at various European universities. One of them was Jan Dominik Piotr Jaśkiewicz. Born on 6 July 1749 in Lviv to an Armenian family, he moved to Vienna in the late 1760s to study medicine at the university under the supervision of renowned professors: Anton de Haën, Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz, Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, and others. Jaśkiewicz graduated in 1775 with a Doctor of Medicine degree, based on the thesis titled "Dissertatio inauguralis medica sistens pharmaca regni vegetabilis", in which he provided a list, description, and healing properties of some plant species, arranged according to the systematics of Carl von Linnè (Linnaeus). Through his dissertation, Jaśkiewicz popularized in Poland the views of the Viennese medical school, among others, on the medical use of digitalis. For some time he remained in Vienna, attempting to secure a suitable position. Between 1780 and 1783, Jaśkiewicz expanded his knowledge of nature through travels to Italy, Germany, and France. After presenting his mineralogical observations in Paris, Jaśkiewicz was appointed as a correspondent member of the Paris Academy of Sciences. It was during this time in Paris that Jaśkiewicz met Jan Śniadecki, who later became his friend, colleague, and patient. Subsequently, Hugo Kołłątaj appointed Jaśkiewicz as a professor of natural history and chemistry at the Crown's Main School in Kraków (Jagiellonian University). He began his lectures in Kraków on 1 October 1783. It should be emphasized that Jaśkiewicz laid the foundations for Polish scientific vocabulary. He also played a crucial role in establishing a chemical laboratory and organizing a botanical garden and a cabinet of natural history. In February 1783, Jaśkiewicz took on the position of a hospital physician (director) at the St. Barbara Academic Hospital, where he focused on organizing the hospital's finances and management. Around the same time, he declined additional remuneration for this role. In 1787, Jaśkiewicz assumed the duties of the house physician for the Wielopolski margrave in Pińczów. Jaśkiewicz died in Kraków on 14 November 1809. Throughout his life, he was an active physician and performed his medical career independently of other duties. Jaśkiewicz gained considerable recognition and popularity for his achievements in the medical field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Michaelergruft in Vienna (St. Michael’s crypt), Austria, is located near the imperial palace Vienna and has been used between 1560 and 1784 by the local nobility of the city center in Vienna. The inventory of a large number of coffins has been preserved due to favorite environmental conditions, it offers the possibility to study specific details about the funeral customs of the 17th and 18th century in Central Europe. Selected burials dating to the 18th century from the Michaelergruft serve as case studies for developing new theoretical and methodological approaches in investigating the textiles and garments found in the coffins. Garments found in crypts usually are analysed due to costume history, aspects of conservation and preparation. Also textile analysis and modern analytical methods are applied to the material. In discussing the garments from St. Michael’s crypt, questions about the interpretation of the costume arise such as if they are “normal” daily life (or festivy) garments or specific funeral costumes. In the following paper criteria are discussed which enable to distinguish between “functional garments” worn also in daily life, “adapter garments” (daily life clothing that has been re-sewn, cut or altered to be used as garment for the dead), and “funeral costumes” that have been deliberately made.

This is a reassessment of the work of Tadeusz Rittner, a bilingual Polish/German writer and dramatist from Galicia who won much acclaim in the early decades of the last century. This article examines his narrative and dramatic strategies by focusing on his drama Lato (Summer), published in 1913. It is a story about a timid young man who, after hearing from his doctor that he will not live much longer, turns suddenly into a bold and shameless seducer. This could be the stuff of a conventional, farcical exposure of middle class hypocrisy, yet in Rittner's drama it becomes a fascinating study, never far from Czekhov and Witkacy, tapping all the resources of realism, irony and grotesque to show the whole spectrum of human emotions. The article argues, contrary to the traditional consensus, that his art owes a great deal to Vienna, where he spent most of his life. The peculiar combination of lightness and earthiness, the essence of the Viennese spirit, is crucial for his achievement - the creation of convincing and timeless dramas of human emotions, which expose the precariousness of interpersonal relations. This interpretation of Lato sets it free from the realistic-naturalistic straitjacket imposed upon it by a succession of theatre directors who thought of it as an anachronistic farce rather than a comedy of manners with sparkling dialogue and intelligent alteration of tragedy and comedy, seriousness and buffoonery. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Travel to the Inside of Vienna and Michel Foucault’s theory of heterotopy Travel to the Inside of Vienna. Essays (1991) is a book written by the Austrian author Gerhard Roth. It describes some uncommon and strange places in the capital of Austria, for example the cellars in Vienna’s first district, the psychiatric clinic in Gugging, the Tower of Fools and the former Jewish quarter Leopoldstadt. All those places aren’t well known, but they have great significance for the history of Vienna. In my article I provide analysis of Roth’s essays in terms of Michel Foucault’s theory of heterotopy. I also refer to other theories of the French philosopher.

Vienna, the capital of the Habsburg monarchy and the seat of its rulers, in the 19th century became a metropolis, and the rocketing city population necessitated the building of many new churches. One of the most important practical and theoretical problems was the “appropriate” style to be used in those constructions. The result of the debates conducted at the time was accepting the validity of the mediaeval styles, especially Gothic, considered to be the “ideal” language of church architecture. Forms borrowed from more recent epochs in art and architecture were noticeably less popular (in the theory of church building they were practically unanimously rejected). Reception of early modernism was also limited. Despite the supremacy of Neo-Gothic and the Neo-Romanesque style, Vienna churches of the turn of the 20th century are characterized by great variety, which reflects the dilemmas of their creators.

The chief aim of the paper is to introduce the reader to five specific pieces of medallic art, answer the questions what propaganda goals they were to accomplish, as well as provide am iconographic analysis, in comparison with selected examples of medals, graphic works, sculptures, and handicrafts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Did the Union of Lublin pass the test of time in 1683 in perhaps in the most difficult period for it? The Lithuanian relief of Vienna was only simulated, but if everything was calmed down, it was because the anti-Royal opposition was strong and John III was weak. At the same time, a problem arose of how to proclaim the glory of the Viennese triumph without humiliating the late and infamous Lithuania? The answer is a school Jesuit theatre and a performance entitled Picture of Victory [...]. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

First Eucharistic congresses were first established in France, which for centuries stood out among Catholic nations for its special worship of the Blessed Sacrament. The first international congress was held in 1881 in Lille. The 23rd International Eucharistic Congress took place in 11-15 September 1912 in Vienna under the auspices of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria. The article discusses the activity of the Polish section at the congress.

„Stadt ohne Gewähr“: Vienna in the story The Thirtieth Year by Ingeborg Bachmann The article analyzes the image of Vienna in the life and works of a famous 20th century Austrian writer I. Bachmann on the basis of her story The Thirtieth Year (Das dreißigste Jahr). It underlines the ambivalent attitude of the author and the main character of the story towards the city of their youth and regards it as the dominant characteristic of the text. The past, which reminds of itself especially with the bothersome and all-knowing figure of Moll, does not allow the protagonist to establish communication with Vienna, which in turn affects the overall reception of the city.

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