Correspondence to Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel, 1944-1949.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Lustig-Prean, Karl.

Language:

German

Portuguese

Physical Description:

5 items (18 leaves)

Contained In:

Mahler-Werfel Papers. Folder 758.

Place of Publication:

1944-1949.

Language Note:

In German and Portuguese.

Biography/History:

Karl Lustig-Prean (1892-1969), a theater and opera director as well as music critic and journalist, was born in Prague and had been acquainted with Franz Werfel in high school (Gymnasium) there. Due to the rise of the Nazis, he emigrated to São Paulo, Brazil, in 1937. In 1948 he returned to Vienna and became director of the Vienna Convervatory in 1949. He was married to Charlotte Silbiger, an opera singer. Lustig-Prean knew Cyrill Fischer and Emmanuel J. Reichenberger, both Catholic priests who were also friends of Werfel.

Summary:

2 items are Portuguese-language writings by Lustig-Prean (both containing references to Werfel), which he sent to Werfel: 1 manifesto entitled "Convalescença e Consolidação da Europa Central" and 1 excerpt from his book Mil Destinos da Europa. 2 items addressed to Alma Mahler concern Lustig-Prean's exile activities in São Paolo and his hopes of returning to Austria and, later, his endeavors at the Vienna Conservatory, including an appeal to Alma Mahler for a donation. Lustig-Prean also recounts the professional activities of his wife.