[PAR] [TLE] Alma Mahler [SEP] Alma Maria Mahler Gropius Werfel (born Alma Margaretha Maria Schindler; 31 August 1879 – 11 December 1964) was a Viennese-born composer.  author, editor and socialite.  She became the wife, successively, of composer Gustav Mahler, architect Walter Gropius, and novelist Franz Werfel, as well as the consort of several other prominent men, notably painter Oskar Kokoschka.  Musically active from her early years, she was the composer of at least seventeen songs for voice and piano.  In later years her salon became part of the artistic scene, first in Vienna, then in Los Angeles and in New York. [PAR] [TLE] Orpheus und Eurydike [SEP] Orpheus und Eurydike ("Orpheus and Eurydice") is an opera by Ernst Krenek.  The German text is based on a play by Oskar Kokoschka.  Kokoschka began writing his play during his convalescence (from wounds received on the Ukrainian front in 1915) and it premiered in 1921, one year before Rilke's Sonnets to Orpheus appeared.  In 1923 he let it be known that he was looking for a composer to write incidental music.  Kokoschka's expressionist, psychological treatment of the Orpheus myth, marked by his passion for Alma Mahler, appealed to Krenek so he approached Kokoschka.
[PAR] [TLE] Alma Mahler [ SEP ] Alma Maria Mahler Gropius Werfel ( born Alma Margaretha Maria Schindler ; 31 August 1879 – 11 December 1964 ) was a Viennese - born composer . author , editor and socialite . She became the wife , successively , of composer Gustav Mahler , architect Walter Gropius , and novelist Franz Werfel , as well as the consort of several other prominent men , notably painter Oskar Kokoschka . Musically active from her early years , she was the composer of at least seventeen songs for voice and piano . In later years her salon became part of the artistic scene , first in Vienna , then in Los Angeles and in New York . [PAR] [TLE] Orpheus und Eurydike [ SEP ] Orpheus und Eurydike ( " Orpheus and Eurydice " ) is an opera by Ernst Krenek . The German text is based on a play by Oskar Kokoschka . Kokoschka began writing his play during his convalescence ( from wounds received on the Ukrainian front in 1915 ) and it premiered in 1921 , one year before Rilke 's Sonnets to Orpheus appeared . In 1923 he let it be known that he was looking for a composer to write incidental music . Kokoschka 's expressionist , psychological treatment of the Orpheus myth , marked by his passion for Alma Mahler , appealed to Krenek so he approached Kokoschka .
Who wrote the original play that was inspired by a passion for a Vienne composer, and was the base for the opera Orpheus und Eurydike?
Who wrote the original play that was inspired by a passion for a Vienne composer , and was the base for the opera Orpheus und Eurydike ?
Oskar Kokoschka
Oskar Kokoschka