Theobald Rehbaum

Theobald Rehbaum (17 August 1835 – 2 March 1918) was a German violinist, librettist and composer, especially of operas.

Born in Berlin, Rehbaum grew up there and sang as a boy in the Royal Staats- und Domchor Berlin. He studied violin and composition with Friedrich Kiel, and composition also with Hubertus Rios. Rehbaum composed several operas and choral works, but was more successful as a librettist, writing librettos for Bernhard Scholz. He also wrote a Bratschenschule zum Selbstunterricht für Violinisten (viola method for self-instruction for violinists) and an autobiography titled Erlebtes und Erstrebtes. He died in Berlin.

Operas

 * Don Pablo (Dresden, 1880)
 * Das steinerne Herz (Magdeburg, 1885)
 * Turandot (Berlin, 1888)
 * Oberst Lumpus (Wiesbaden, 1892)
 * Die Eingeschriebenen
 * Der Goldschmied von París

Orchestral

 * Der Muse Sendung for soprano and orchestra

Literature

 * Enciclopèdia Espasa volum núm. 50, pàg. 318 (ISBN 84-239-4550-2)