The Book, Cat, & Cat Book Lovers Almanac

of historical trivia regarding books, cats, and other animals. Actually this blog has evolved so that it is described better as a blog about cats in history and culture. And we take as a theme the advice of Aldous Huxley: If you want to be a writer, get some cats. Don't forget to see the archived articles linked at the bottom of the page.

February 6, 2015

February 6, 1837

Willibald Wulff was a librettist, among other literary talents. The operas composed by
Hermann Zumpe, specifically Farinelli (1886) and Karin (1888) give Wulff librettist credit.

He was probably born in Hamburg on February 6, in 1837, and if I am wrong, then it was his father born on this date. And the reason I push ahead with information I had to fish out of sites in a language I do not read, is,  this picture --





Apparently this picture is a postcard.


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