Gustav Weinberg (26 April 1856, Gersfeld â€" 1909) was a German
teacher, author, dramatist and poet.He was born to a Jewish family in
Gersfeld. His father Juda Weinberg owned a tannery. He earned a PhD in
literature at the University of Heidelberg in 1884 with the
dissertation Das französische Schäferspiel in der ersten Hälfte des
siebzehnten Jahrhunderts ("The French Pastoral Play in the First Half
of the Seventeenth Century"). He then worked as a private tutor and as
a teacher at the Philanthropin School of the Jewish community in
Frankfurt. He also taught at the Musterschule. He frequently wrote
literary reviews for various newspapers.In 1906 he published his play
Saul: ein Trauerspiel in fünf Akten ("Saul: a Tragedy in Five Acts").
Other dramatic works included Lieder eines Narren ("A Fool’s Songs")
and Der Halling: Oper in drei Akten ("The Halling: Opera in Three
Acts"). He wrote poetry, but it was never published.[1]
teacher, author, dramatist and poet.He was born to a Jewish family in
Gersfeld. His father Juda Weinberg owned a tannery. He earned a PhD in
literature at the University of Heidelberg in 1884 with the
dissertation Das französische Schäferspiel in der ersten Hälfte des
siebzehnten Jahrhunderts ("The French Pastoral Play in the First Half
of the Seventeenth Century"). He then worked as a private tutor and as
a teacher at the Philanthropin School of the Jewish community in
Frankfurt. He also taught at the Musterschule. He frequently wrote
literary reviews for various newspapers.In 1906 he published his play
Saul: ein Trauerspiel in fünf Akten ("Saul: a Tragedy in Five Acts").
Other dramatic works included Lieder eines Narren ("A Fool’s Songs")
and Der Halling: Oper in drei Akten ("The Halling: Opera in Three
Acts"). He wrote poetry, but it was never published.[1]
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