Otto Julius Bierbaum
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Germany
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writer.
Bierbaum was born in Grünberg
Zielona Góra
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, Silesia
Province of Silesia
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. After studying in Leipzig
Leipzig
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, he became a journalist
Journalist
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and editor
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for the journals Die freie Bühne, Pan and Die Insel
Die Insel
Die Insel was a German literary and art magazine that was published in Munich from 1899 to 1901 by Otto Julius Bierbaum, Alfred Walter Heymel, and Rudolf Alexander Schröder....
. His literary work was varied. As a poet
Poet
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he used forms like the Minnesang
Minnesang
Minnesang was the tradition of lyric and song writing in Germany which flourished in the 12th century and continued into the 14th century. People who wrote and performed Minnesang are known as Minnesingers . The name derives from the word minne, Middle High German for love which was their main...
or the folksong and the anacreontics' style.
In 1897 Bierbaum published his novel Stilpe which inspired Ernst von Wolzogen
Ernst von Wolzogen
Ernst von Wolzogen Ernst von Wolzogen Ernst von Wolzogen (April 23, 1855 - August 30, 1934 was a cultural critic, a writer and a founder of Cabaret in Germany.-Biography:Wolzogen came from a noble Austrian family; he studied Literature, Philosophy, and the history of art in Strasbourg and Leipzig. ...
to establish, in 1901, the first cabaret
Kabarett
Kabarett is a form of cabaret which developed in Germany from 1901, with the creation of the Überbrettl venue, and that by the Weimar era in the mid 1920s was characterized by political satire and gallows humor...
venue ever in Berlin
Berlin
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, the Überbrettl
Überbrettl
Überbrettl , later known as Buntes Theater , was the first venue in Germany for literary cabaret, or Kabarett, founded in Berlin in January 1901 by Ernst von Wolzogen. The German Kabarett concept was imported from France, from which it kept the characteristic atmosphere of intimacy...
. His novel Zäpfel Kerns Abenteuer was an adaptation of Carlo Collodi
Carlo Collodi
Carlo Lorenzini , better known by the pen name Carlo Collodi, was an Italian children's writer known for the world-renowned fairy tale novel, The Adventures of Pinocchio.-Biography:...
's Pinocchio
Pinocchio
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. Bierbaum died at Kötzschenbroda near Dresden
Dresden
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Works
- Die Schlangendame (1896)
- Das schöne Mädchen von Pao (1899)
- Eine empfindsame Reise im Automobil (1903)
- Zäpfel Kerns Abenteuer (1905)
- Yankeedoodlefahrt (1909)
- Prinz Kuckuck - Leben, Taten, Meinungen und Höllenfahrt eines Wollüstlings
- Nemt, Frouwe, disen Kranz, und andre Gedichte : op. 57 / (Text) von Otto Julius Bierbaum komponiert von Christian Sinding (From the Sibley Music Library Digital Score Collection)
- Innocence. Unschuld. (Words by) Bierbaum. English versionby Edwin Schneider. (Music by) Arthur Olaf Andersen. For piano and voice (From the Sibley Music Library Digital Score Collection)
- Sieben Gedichte aus Otto Julius Bierbaums Der neubestellte Irrgarten der Liebe : für eine Singstimme mit Klavierbegleitung, op. 85, for piano and voice(From the Sibley Music Library Digital Score Collection)
- Vier Gedichte von Otto Julius Bierbaum : für eine Singstimme mit Klavier, op. 101, for piano and voice (From the Sibley Music Library Digital Score Collection)