Bernhard Buchbinder

Bernhard Buchbinder (around 1896)

Bernhard Ludwig Buchbinder (born July 7 or September 20, 1849 in Budapest , Austrian Empire ; died June 24, 1922 in Vienna ), pseudonym Gustav Klinger , was an Austro-Hungarian actor, journalist and writer. His best-known operetta libretto is Die Försterchristl .

Life

Bernhard Buchbinder's date of birth is given as July 7th in the examination book, whereas in the hometown it is given as September 20th, 1849. At first he was an actor, then he published the humorous and fictional weekly Das kleine Journal in Budapest . He moved to Vienna in 1887 and lived here as a columnist, including writing for the Neue Wiener Journal . In addition to his journalistic activities, Buchbinder wrote novels, folk plays and especially operetta libretti in Viennese flavor.

In 1955, Buchbindergasse in Vienna- Hietzing (13th district) was named after him.

Works

• Satan from the new building . Novel (1884)
• The singer from Palermo . Operetta in 3 acts (1888)
• The devil's bell . Opera in 3 acts (1891)
• A Viennese theater princess . Novel (1894)
• Miss witch . Operetta in 3 acts (together with Alfred Maria Willner ) (music by Josef Bayer )
• The refugees . Comic opera in 3 acts
• The Comtesse kitchens . Farce with singing in 3 acts
• The lady from the circus . operetta
• The kibitz . Farce with singing in 3 acts
• The butterfly . Operetta in 3 acts (together with Alfred Maria Willner), 1896 (music by Charles Weinberger )
• The goddess of reason . Operetta (together with Alfred Maria Willner), 1897 (music by Johann Strauss (son) )
• Today's people . Posse with singing in 3 acts (1899) (music by Josef Hellmesberger )
• He and his sister . Posse with singing in 4 pictures (1902) (music by Rudolf Raimann )
• The musician and his wife . Folk piece with song in 4 acts (1903)
• The laundress . Operetta (1905) (music by Rudolf Raimann )
• The cobbler boy . Farce with singing in 4 acts (1906)
• The Försterchristl . Operetta in 3 acts (1907) (music by Georg Jarno )
• Paula does everything . Operetta farce in 4 acts (1909)
• The musician girl . Operetta in 3 acts (1910) (music by Georg Jarno )
• The new girl . Vaudeville in 3 acts (1911)
• Mrs. Gretl . Farce with singing in 3 acts (1911)
• The Marie-Gustl . Operetta (1912)
• The miracle mill . Antics in 3 acts (1914)
• Count have nothing . Operetta in 3 acts (around 1917)
• Virgin sunshine . Operetta (1918)
• To the golden blessing . Folk piece with singing in 3 acts (1921)

literature

• Felix Czeike (Ed.): Bookbinder Bernhard Ludwig. In:  Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 1, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-218-00543-4  ( digitized version ).
• Bookbinder Bernhard. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 123.
• Buchbinder, Bernhard. In: Lexicon of German-Jewish Authors . Volume 4: Brech-Carle. Edited by the Bibliographia Judaica archive. Saur, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-598-22684-5 , pp. 310-315.

Web links

• Literature by and about Bernhard Buchbinder in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by and about Bernhard Buchbinder  in the German Digital Library