Julius Rodenberg was a German

Germany

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 Jewish poet

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 and author

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He studied law at the universities of Heidelberg

Heidelberg

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, Göttingen

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, Berlin

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, and Marburg

Marburg

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, but soon abandoned jurisprudence for literature. In 1851 his first poem, "Dornröschen", appeared in Bremen. This poem was soon followed by many others. Between 1855 and 1862 he traveled, visiting Great Britain

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, Belgium

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, the Netherlands

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, Denmark

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, Italy

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, and Switzerland

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. In 1859 he settled in Berlin.

Rodenberg wrote the libretto

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 to Anton Rubinstein

Anton Rubinstein

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's opera, Feramors

Feramors

Feramors is an opera in two acts by Anton Rubinstein to a libretto by Julius Rodenberg. The story is based on Lalla Rookh by the Irish poet Thomas Moore. The opera was composed in 1862.-Performance history:...

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Literary works

From 1867 to 1874 he was coeditor with Ernst Dohm

Ernst Dohm

Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst Dohm, pseudonym is Karlchen Mießnick was a German editor, actor, and translator.He was Jewish and a convert to Christianity...

 of the "Salon für Literatur, Kunst und Gesellschaft", and in his latter years he founded the Deutsche Rundschau

Deutsche Rundschau

Deutsche Rundschau is a literary and political periodical established in 1874 by Julius Rodenberg.Deutsche Rundschau strongly influenced German politics, literature and culture. It was considered one of the most successful launches of periodicals in Germany...

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In 1897 he received the title "Professor". Rodenberg is a prolific writer.

Of his works may be mentioned:

• "Lieder", Hanover, 1854
• "Pariser Bilderbuch", Brunswick, 1856
• "Kleine Wanderchronik", Hanover, 1858
• "Ein Herbst in Wales", ib. 1857
• "Die Insel der Seligen," Berlin, 1860
• "Alltagsleben in London," ib. 1860
• "Die Harfe von Erin," ib. 1861
• "Tag und Nacht in London," ib. 1862
• "Lieder und Gedichte," ib. 1863 (6th ed., 1901)
• "Studienreisen in England," Leipzig, 1872
• "Belgien und die Belgier," Berlin, 1881
• "Bilder aus dem Berliner Leben," ib. 1885 (3d ed., 1891)
• "Unter den Linden," ib. 1888
• "Franz Dingelstedt," ib. 1891
• "Erinnerungen aus der Jugendzeit," ib. 1899

Novels

• "Die Strassensängerin von London," Berlin, 1863
• "Die Neue Sündflut," ib. 1865
• "Von Gottes Gnaden," ib. 1870
• "Die Grandidiers", Stuttgart, 1879 (2d ed., 1881), a story of the Franco-Prussian war
• "Herrn Schellbogens Abenteuer," Berlin, 1890
• "Klostermanus Grundstück," ib. 1890 (2d ed., 1892)

External links

• image of Julius Rodenberg