Definition of Hugo von Hoffmannsthal

1. Noun. German poet who wrote libretti for operas by Richard Strauss (1874-1929).

Exact synonyms: Hoffmannsthal
Generic synonyms: Poet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hugo Von Hoffmannsthal

Hugh Capet
Hugh Dowding
Hughes
Hughes-Stovin syndrome
Hughes syndrome
Hughesian
Hughesy
Hughie
Hughson
Hugo
Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto
Hugo De Vries
Hugo Junkers
Hugo Wolf
Hugo deVries
Hugo von Hoffmannsthal (current term)
Hugoesque
Hugueninia
Hugueninia tanacetifolia
Huguenot
Huguenotism
Huguenots
Huguier's canal
Huguier's circle
Huguier's sinus
Huhehaote
Hui
Huitson
Huitt

Literary usage of Hugo von Hoffmannsthal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Book of Operas: Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music by Henry Edward Krehbiel (1919)
"Hugo von Hoffmannsthal had aided Strauss in this brew and collaborated with him in the next, which, it was hoped, probably because of the difference in its ..."

2. A Second Book of Operas: Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music by Henry Edward Krehbiel (1917)
"Hugo von Hoffmannsthal had aided Strauss in this brew and collaborated with him in the next, which, it was hoped, probably because of the difference in its ..."

3. Poetry by Modern Poetry Association (1916)
"PLAYS : Madonna Dianora, by Hugo von Hoffmannsthal. Translated from the German by Harriet Betty Boas. Richard C. Badger. The Pageant of Yankton, ..."

4. The German Drama of the Nineteenth Century by Georg Witkowski (1909)
"But no one has made death appear so noble and artistic on the stage as HUGO VON HOFFMANNSTHAL in his little drama, Der Tor und der Tod (1899). ..."

5. The Grand Opera Singers of To-day: An Account of the Leading Operatic Stars by Henry Charles Lahee (1912)
"This was " Elektra," a modern version by Hugo von Hoffmannsthal of an old Greek tragedy. Before it was performed in Dresden Oscar Hammerstein announced that ..."

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