Will Steinberg

Wilhelm Martin "Will" Steinberg (born April 4, 1892 in Berlin ; † December 6, 1934 there ) was a German librettist .

Life

Will Steinberg was a son of Michaelis Steinberg and Anna Steinberg, nee Kohn. He worked as a writer for the stage and film and lived in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg until his suicide in 1934 .

Works

Steinberg wrote the libretti for several operettas, including those of the composer Walter Bromme :

The blonde geisha , 1923
The beautiful rival , Berlin: Funk-Dienst, 1927
Mascot , Berlin: Funk-Dienst, 1927
The little one from hell , Berlin: Drei Masken Verlag, around 1925
The Queen of the Night , Berlin: Kollo-Verlag, 1926
The most beautiful of women , Berlin: Drei Masken Verlag, 1923
Shame on you - Lotte! , Berlin: Drei Masken Verlag, 1921
Prinzenliebe , Berlin: Pegasus Theater- und Musik-Verlag, 1919,
One night in paradise , Berlin: Drei Masken Verlag, 1920
Die Kinopuppe , Posse, Berlin, Bühnenverlag Ahn & Simrock, around 1917

Steinberg wrote the lyrics for the "Singfilmen"

Prodigal Daughters . Germany 1918, R William Kahn . Music: Julius Einödshofer
Victims of Shame (Die Rote Laterne) Germany 1919, R William Kahn. Music: Rachel Danziger van Embden (song insert “Frühlingshoffen”).
Miss Venus . Germany 1921, R Ludwig Czerny , music: Hans Ailbout and Tilmar Springefeld

literature

Michael Wedel: The German music film. Archeology of a Genre 1914-1945. Edition text and criticism, Rich. Boorberg Verlag, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-88377-835-8 .
Friedrich v. Zglinicki: The way of the film. The history of cinematography and its predecessors. Rembrandt, Berlin 1956.

Web links

Works by Will Steinberg in the catalog of the German National Library
Will Steinberg at filmportal.de
Will Steinberg in the Lexicon of Persecuted Musicians of the Nazi Era (LexM)

Single receipts

↑ "Singfilme" were silent films that were performed by an ensemble of singers and musicians. see. on this Wedel, section “Film opera, film operetta, filmsingspiel”, p. 69 ff.
↑ 1863–1930, Kapellmeister and composer, cf. luise-berlin
↑ * November 28, 1870 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, composed the operetta “Die Dorfprinzessin”, which premiered on March 18, 1910 in the Thalia Theater in Berlin, cf. MUGI and material collection , personal data at genealogie
↑ cf. Tilmar Springefeld in the Internet Movie Database (English), Wedel p. 144 f.

personal data
SURNAME	Steinberg, Will
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Steinberg, Wilhelm Martin (real name); Steinberg, Willi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German librettist
DATE OF BIRTH	April 4, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	December 6, 1934
Place of death	Berlin

[1] "Singfilme" were silent films that were performed by an ensemble of singers and musicians. see. on this Wedel, section “Film opera, film operetta, filmsingspiel”, p. 69 ff.

[2] 1863–1930, Kapellmeister and composer, cf. luise-berlin

[3] * November 28, 1870 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, composed the operetta “Die Dorfprinzessin”, which premiered on March 18, 1910 in the Thalia Theater in Berlin, cf. MUGI and material collection , personal data at genealogie

[4] . Tilmar Springefeld in the Internet Movie Database (English), Wedel p. 144 f.