Otto Julius Bierbaum

Otto Julius Bierbaum

Otto Julius Bierbaum (June 28, 1865 – February 1, 1910) was a German writer.

Bierbaum was born in Grünberg, Silesia. After studying in Leipzig, he became a journalist and editor for the journals Die freie Bühne, Pan and Die Insel. His literary work was varied. As a poet he used forms like the Minnesang or the folksong and the anacreontics' style.

In 1897 Bierbaum published his novel Stilpe which inspired Ernst von Wolzogen to establish, in 1901, the first cabaret venue ever in Berlin, the Überbrettl . His novel Zäpfel Kerns Abenteuer was an adaptation of Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio. Bierbaum died at Kötzschenbroda near Dresden.

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)