Wiesberg, Wilhelm eigentlich Bergamenter#
b. Vienna, Sept. 13, 1850, d. Vienna, Aug. 25, 1896, folksinger, playwright. Worked with J. Sioly; wrote Viennese folksongs Wiener Lied, often political in content and critical of social conditions.
Works#
Mein´ Vaterstadt in Lied und Wort (collection), 1885; Wr. Couplets, 1885. - Popular plays, duets, farces, Viennese folk songs (which he also set to music).