Gustav Kastropp (30 August 1844 – 11 September 1925) was a German

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems ( oral or wri ...

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and musician. Kastropp's texts were used by composers such as Georg Schumann,

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and

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Biography

Kastropp was born in Salmünster,

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. He went to Gymnasium in Göttingen and just like his father he worked as a pharmacist. He studied music at the conservatories in Stuttgart, Göttingen and Sondershausen. From 1874 to 1877 he taught literature at the Großherzogliche Orchesterschule in Weimar.Dirk Kemper: "Gustav Kastropp", in: ''Hildesheimer Literaturlexikon von 1800 bis heute'', p. 129–130. He died in

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, Germany.

Works

* ''König Elfs Lieder'' (1875) * ''Helene'' (1875) * ''Suleika'' (1876) * ''Gnomenmärchen'' (1877) * ''Dornröschen'' (1877) * ''Das vierblättrige Kleebatt'' (1879), with Richard Roltsch * ''Kain'' (1880) * ''Heinrich von Ofterdingen'' (1880) * ''Agamemnon'' (1890) * ''Gunhild'' (1891) * ''Phantasien und Märchen'' (1891) * ''Gernot'' (1896), libretto for an opera by Eugen d'Albert * ''Der Improvisator'' (1902), libretto for an opera by Eugen d'Albert

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Poets and librettists
1844 births 1925 deaths German male poets German poets State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart alumni {{Germany-poet-stub