Biography.guide
Home › People › Composer › Wilhelm Tappert
Portrait of Wilhelm Tappert

Wilhelm Tappert

1830 – 1907

German composer and musicologist

Don't just read it — keep itBiographies to ownE-book · Audio · Video From $7 →

About Wilhelm Tappert

Lived 1830 – 1907 (aged 77). Wilhelm Tappert was a German composer, musicologist, music critic, teacher and musicographer.

Wilhelm Tappert (19 February 1830 – 27 October 1907) was a German composer and music writer.

Life Born in Ober-Thomaswaldau in the Province of Silesia, Tappert trained as a school teacher and made musical studies under Siegfried Wilhelm Dehn and Adolph Kullak in Berlin from 1856-1858. He settled there in 1866 and worked as a music critic and teacher. From 1876 until 1880, Tappert edited the Allgemeine deutsche Musikzeitung. He worked mainly as a teacher and music critic.

At the beginning of 1897, he was accused of being corrupt. After the unfavourable settlement in court, he handed in his resignation to his newspaper, the Kleinen Journal, which the newspaper did not accept.

Tappert published music theoretical writings as well as piano pieces, songs, arrangements of old German songs with piano accompaniment and a selection of old lute pieces.

Tappert died in Berlin at the age of 77.

Publications Hurenaquarium und andere Unhöflichkeiten : Richard Wagner im Spiegel der zeitgenössischen Kritik. Wandernde Melodien; eine musikalische Studie. Für und wider : eine Blumenlese aus den Berichten über die Aufführungen des Bühnenweihfestspieles Parsifal.

Biography shop

Don’t just read it —
keep it.

Full-length biographies made to live with: read them, listen on the way to work, watch them tonight.

  • E-book
  • Audio
  • Video
Browse the shop — from $7

Instant download · yours to keep · every purchase keeps this site free

Important facts

People in Wilhelm Tappert's life

Named in this biography and alive at the same time

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Wilhelm Tappert's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Wilhelm Tappert?

German composer and musicologist

When was Wilhelm Tappert born?

Wilhelm Tappert was born on 19 February 1830.

When did Wilhelm Tappert die?

Wilhelm Tappert died on 27 October 1907 in Berlin.

What was Wilhelm Tappert's occupation?

Wilhelm Tappert was a composer, musicologist, music critic, teacher and musicographer.

What nationality was Wilhelm Tappert?

Wilhelm Tappert was German.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Wilhelm Tappert

· Wikidata: Q6204197

· DBpedia: Wilhelm Tappert

Cite this page

APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Wilhelm Tappert. https://biography.guide/wilhelm-tappert/

MLA: "Wilhelm Tappert." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/wilhelm-tappert/.

Chicago: "Wilhelm Tappert." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/wilhelm-tappert/.

Data last updated: 2026-09-20 · Spot an error? Report a correction.

Page generated 2026-09-27 05:19 UTC