What is "manfred"

Manfred: A dramatic poem is a poem written in 1816–1817 by Lord Byron. It contains supernatural elements, in keeping with the popularity of the ghost story in England at the time. It is a typical example of a Romantic closet drama.

Byron commenced this work in late 1816, only a few months after the famed ghost-story sessions which provided the initial impetus for Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The supernatural references are made clear throughout the poem.

Manfred was adapted musically by Robert Schumann in 1852, in a composition entitled Manfred: Dramatic Poem with music in Three Parts, and later by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in his Manfred Symphony. Friedrich Nietzsche was impressed by the poem's depiction of a super-human being, and wrote some music for it.

Manfred: Dramatic Poem with Music in Three Parts (Opus 115) [German: Manfred. Dramatisches Gedicht in drei Abtheilungen], is a work of incidental music by Robert Schumann. The work is based on the poem Manfred by Lord Byron and consists of an overture, an entracte, melodramas, and several solos and choruses.

Written primarily in 1848, it was first performed at the Gewandhaus concert at Leipzig on March 14, 1852. The most highly regarded piece in the work is the Manfred Overture. Composer Hugo Wolf wrote that the work "has brought the essence, the focal point of the drama to plastic expression with the simplest strokes." Music historian Peter Ostwald wrote that the Overture was written during a time when Schumann was facing "exquisite suffering" from "inner voices," or auditory hallucinations.

Manfred is an 1816–1817 poem by Lord Byron. It may also refer to:

• Frederick Manfred (1912–1994), American Western novelist
• Rob Manfred (born 1958), American lawyer and sports executive; incoming Commissioner of Major League Baseball (assuming office in January 2015)

• Manfred of Gallura, first Judge of Gallura, c.1020–c.1040
• Manfred, King of Sicily (1232–1266), King of Sicily from 1258 to 1266
• Manfred I, Marquess of Saluzzo (died 1175), Italian leader, first marquess of Saluzzo
• Manfred II, Marquess of Saluzzo (1140–1215), Italian leader, second marquess of Saluzzo
• Manfred III, Marquess of Saluzzo (died 1244), Italian leader, third marquess of Saluzzo
• Manfred IV, Marquess of Saluzzo (died 1330), Italian leader, fifth marquess of Saluzzo
• Manfred of Athens (1306–1317), infante of Sicily
• Manfred V, Marquess of Saluzzo Italian leader, marquess of Saluzzo 1330–1332, usurper 1341–1342
• Czernin, Count Manfred Beckett (1913–1962) Austrian aviator
• Count Manfred von Clary-Aldringen (1852–1928), Austro-Hungarian nobleman and statesman
• Manfred Eigen (born 1927), German biophysical chemist
• Manfred Eicher (born 1943), German record producer
• Manfred Mann (musician) (born 1940), South Africa-born British keyboard player, founded Manfred Mann and Manfred Mann's Earth Band
• Manfred Misselhorn (born 1938), German Olympics rower
• Manfred Rommel (1928–2013), mayor of Stuttgart and son of Erwin Rommel
• Manfred Moore (born 1950), American football player
• Manfred Wolke (born 1943), German boxer
• Manfred Wörner (1934–1994), German politician and diplomat
• Manfred Schumann (born 1951), West German bobsledder
• Manfred Winkelhock (1951–1985), German racing driver
• Manfred von Richthofen (1892–1918), German WWI ace better known as the Red Baron

• Manfred (Schumann), 1852 incidental music by Robert Schumann, based on the Byron poem
• Manfred Symphony, 1885 symphony by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• Manfred Mann, British beat, rhythm and blues and pop band of the 1960s
• Manfred Mann's Earth Band, British progressive rock group
• The Manfreds, British pop group
• Manfred, a woolly mammoth in the Ice Age animated films; see List of Ice Age characters