[1] He was the son of composer Wilhelm Taubert and studied philology and philosophy at the Friedrich-Wilhelms University in his hometown.
After completing his studies he got a job as a teacher at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Gymnasium in Berlin.
The Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871 made the military-logistic Taubert return to the teaching profession.
In 1877, he became a senior teacher at the Königliche Lehrerinnen-Seminar, and nine years later he was promoted to Intendantur-Rat, a military administrative authority, at the Royal Theater.
His final resting place is at the Friedhöfe vor dem Halleschen Tor [de] in Berlin.