Wilhelm Taubert

Born in Berlin, Taubert studied under Ludwig Berger (piano) and Bernhard Klein (composition).

From 1865, he taught music at the Prussian Academy of Arts; Theodor Kullak was one of his pupils.

His compositions include six operas, incidental music, four symphonies, concertos for piano and cello, four string quartets, other orchestral, choral, and piano works, and more than 300 songs.

His early compositions were praised by the composer Felix Mendelssohn, who had also studied piano with Berger.

His grave is preserved in the Protestant "Friedhof I der Jerusalems- und Neuen Kirchengemeinde" (Cemetery No.