About Hans Kleiber

  • Biography

    Hans Kleiber's own hand, from the introduction of his book Songs of Wyoming, published by the Mills Publishing Company of Sheridan, Wyoming in 1963:

    "My parents were natives of Northern Silesia, then a province of the Austrian Empire,and were traveling in Germany when I was born in Vogelsmuehle, near Cologne on August 24th, 1887. By profession my father was a designer of textiles, and had brought his young wife with him to see Western Europe together. However, when the families on both sides heard of my arrival, they insisted on seeing their first grandson, we returned to pay them a visit."

    "During our stay with them, my Father was offered a promising position in Jaegerndorf, where our families had lived for generatio...

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