Berthold Litzmann (18 April 1857 – 14 October 1926) was a professor of

German studies German studies is an academic field that researches, documents and disseminates German language, literature, and culture in its historic and present forms. Academic departments of German studies therefore often focus on German culture, German h ...

and a literature historian. He was a professor at the

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and the founder of the Society for Literature History, which also included

Thomas Mann Paul Thomas Mann ( , ; ; 6 June 1875 – 12 August 1955) was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. His highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and novell ...

. He is known as the author of a three part biography of

Clara Schumann Clara Josephine Schumann (; ; née Wieck; 13 September 1819 – 20 May 1896) was a German pianist, composer, and piano teacher. Regarded as one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic music, Romantic era, she exerted her influence o ...

. Litzmann was born in

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, the son of Carl Conrad Theodor Litzmann. He died in

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Works

* ''Clara Schumann. Ein Künstlerleben. Nach Tagebüchern und Briefen.'' 3 Volumes. Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1920''.'' * ''Ludwig Schröder. Ein Beitrag zur deutschen Litteratur- und Theatergeschichte.'' 2 Parts. Voß, Hamburg/Leipzig 1890–1894. * ''Goethes Faust. Eine Einführung.'' Fleischel, Berlin 1904. * ''Das Tragische in Gerhart Hauptmanns Dramen'' (= ''Mitteilungen der Literarhistorischen Gesellschaft Bonn.'' Jg. 3 Nr. 6, 1908). Ruhfus, Dortmund 1908.

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1857 births 1926 deaths German literary historians Brahms scholars {{Germany-music-bio-stub