Erich Goldberg

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Erich Goldberg (born November 7, 1888 in Annaberg ; † after 1919) was a German poet, composer and portrait artist who wrote and composed in the Ore Mountains dialect .

Erich Goldberg attended elementary school, secondary school and commercial school in Annaberg. From 1908 to 1914 he trained as a draftsman in the trimmings industry. From 1915 to 1918 he took part in the First World War. After returning from the war, he returned to the trimmings industry as a specialist.

In his free time he wrote and composed Erzgebirge music, the famous lullaby . Some of his stories, poems and songs appeared in the daily press.

Goldberg married Erna Haase from Annaberg in 1920. They lived together at Münzgasse 14 in Annaberg.

literature

  • Horst Henschel : Singing Land. 400 dialect songs from the Ore Mountains . Hofmeister, Leipzig 1939 ( Erzgebirge local history 19), p. 37.
  • Bernhard Sowinski: Lexicon of German-speaking dialect authors . Olms, Hildesheim et al. 1997, p. 179.
personal data
SURNAME Goldberg, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German poet, composer and portrait artist
DATE OF BIRTH November 7, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Annaberg
DATE OF DEATH after 1919