Emil Taubert (23 January 1844 in Berlin – 10 April 1895 in Berlin) was a German

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, writer and

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. He was the son of composer

Wilhelm Taubert Carl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert (23 March 1811 – 7 January 1891) was a German pianist, composer, and conductor, and the father of philologist and writer Emil Taubert. Life Born in Berlin, Taubert studied under Ludwig Berger (piano) and Bernha ...

and studied

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and philosophy at the Friedrich-Wilhelms University in his hometown. After completing his studies he got a job as a teacher at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Gymnasium in Berlin. The

Franco-Prussian War The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the War of 1870, was a conflict between the Second French Empire and the North German Confederation led by the Kingdom of Prussia. Lasting from 19 July 1870 to 28 Janua ...

of 1870–1871 made the military-logistic Taubert return to the teaching profession. In 1877, he became a senior teacher at the ''Königliche Lehrerinnen-Seminar,'' and nine years later he was promoted to Intendantur-Rat, a military administrative authority, at the Royal Theater. In addition to his day job he developed an extensive literary work over the years, which attracted considerable attention from the public and literary criticism. His final resting place is at the in Berlin.

Works

* ''Neue Gedichte'' (Berlin 1837) * ''Gedichte'' (Berlin 1865) * ''Jugendparadies, Gedichte für Jung und Alt'' (Berlin 1869) * ''Juventas, Neue Dichtungen für Jung und Alt'' (Berlin 1869) * ''König Rother, Episches Gedicht'' (Berlin 1883) * ''Die Niobide, Novelle'' (Berlin 1884) * ''Laurin'', Ballet in 3 acts and 6 scenes (Berlin 1895)

References

1844 births 1895 deaths Writers from the Kingdom of Prussia German musical theatre librettists German philologists 19th-century German philosophers German male dramatists and playwrights 19th-century German dramatists and playwrights 19th-century German male writers {{Germany-philosopher-stub