Hermann von Gilm, officially Hermann Gilm von Rosenegg (1 November 1812 – 31 May 1864) was an Austrian lawyer and poet. Born in

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, he studied law there. He worked from 1840 as a public official in

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and

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. From 1846 he worked in Vienna.

Richard Strauss Richard Georg Strauss (; ; 11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a German composer and conductor best known for his Tone poems (Strauss), tone poems and List of operas by Richard Strauss, operas. Considered a leading composer of the late Roman ...

set several of his ''Sophienlieder'' to music. Von Gilm died in

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Selected publications

* ''Märzveilchen'' (1836) * ''Sommerfrischlieder aus Natters'' (1839) * ''Sophienlieder'' (1844) * ''Tiroler Schützen-Leben. Festgabe zur Feier der fünfhundertjährigen Vereinigung Tirols mit dem österreichischen Herrscherhause''. Wagner, Innsbruck 1863. �
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* ''Gedichte''. Zwei Bände. Gerold, Wien 1864-65. ** Band 1. �
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** Band 2. �
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* ''Nachtrag'' (1868) * ''Jakob Stainer. Dichtung''. In: ''Jakob Stainer, der Geigenmacher von Absam in Geschichte und Dichtung''. Wagner, Innsbruck 1992, S. 137–143. �
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* ''Gedichte''. Liebeskind, Leipzig 1894. �
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Literature

* Johann Georg Obrist: ''Der Dichter Hermann von Gilm: Eine Biographie'', 1874 * Arnold von der Passer: ''Hermann vom Gilm – sein Leben und seine Dichtungen''. Liebeskind, Leipzig 1889
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* * Hermann von Gilm, Moritz Necker (Hrsg.): ''Hermann von Gilms Familien- und Freundesbriefe''. Schriften des Literarischen Vereins in Wien, Band 17, . Literarischer Verein, Wien 1912
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* Walther Neuwirth: ''Herrmann von Gilm''. Dissertation. Universität Wien, Wien 1920
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* Anton Dörrer: ''Hermann von Gilm und die Jesuiten – ein altes Tiroler Kampfkapitel, nach unbeachteten Briefen und Gedichten''. Innsbruck (ca.) 1924
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* Anton Dörrer, Hermann von Gilm: ''Hermann von Gilms Weg und Weisen''. Tyrolia, Innsbruck 1924
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* * Hermann von Gilm, Alois Großschopf (Hrsg.): ''Aus bergkristallener Schale''. Stiasny-Bücherei, Band 24, . Stiasny, Graz (u.a.) 1958
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External links

Works by Hermann von Gilm at Projekt Gutenberg-DE (in German) * https://www.projekt-gutenberg.org/gilm/gedichte/titlepage.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Gilm Zu Rosenegg, Hermann Von Poets from the Austrian Empire Lawyers from the Austrian Empire Writers from Innsbruck 1812 births 1864 deaths