Carl Blum

Carl Wilhelm August Blum ( * 1786 in Berlin, † July 2, 1844 in Berlin) was a German singer, stage actor, director, librettist and composer. Blum was a student of Friedrich Adam Hiller and later became court composer Antonio Salieri and the Royal Court Opera in Berlin. In this capacity, he has made himself a name with instrumental music and over 70 stage works.

Carl Blum is often referred to incorrectly as Karl Ludwig Blum in the literature.

Life

Blum first came in 1805 as an actor in Daniel Gottlieb Quandt company on the Rhine, then came as a singer to Königsberg, where he studied composition under Hiller's line, and returned in 1810 to Berlin, where his first opera Claudine von Villa Bella after Goethe's play with applause was performed. In 1817 he brought in Vienna, the opera The Rose hat for the performance, which was 39 times consecutively given and received in 1820, returned to Berlin, for the position of court composer at the city's Royal Theatre. He lingered on for two years in Paris, to study the local stage being, and led after his return several years partly the Director of the Royal Opera, partly the Directorate of King Municipal Theatre.

Blum was a superficial, but cheerful and fertile talent, and his translations and adaptations of foreign plays, and his dramatic original products and musical compositions are fresh, natural and treated with dramatic vividness. His works appeared in part in collective works, so New Stage Games 1828 New Plays in 1830 and theater band 1-4 from 1839 to 1844.

Many of his stage works are arrangements and transfers known French and Italian composers, Blum tried to popularize the Vaudeville in Germany and wrote, among many other pieces " Mirandolina " by Carlo Goldoni's " Locandiera ", " The two Britons " by Merville (Pierre -François Camus Merville, 1785-1853), "I stay single " as well as " The loud mystery " by Carlo Gozzi.

Carl Blum has also left an amazingly extensive chamber music with guitar as well as music for solo guitar, including a guitar school (op. 44 as an appendix to the same ). The partly very high level of difficulty of the works shows him to be excellent guitarist.

For the Viennese soprano Anna Pauline Milder -Hauptmann, who seemed now in Berlin, Blum wrote for their concert tours a great song scene ( with orchestral accompaniment ), which was extremely popular: This " greeting to Switzerland", which alluded directly to one of her most popular roles which merges Emmeline in Joseph Weigl's Singspiel the Swiss family and at the end in a yodel song on a text by Goethe, was for the Milder the model for the composition commission to Franz Schubert, who thereupon his penultimate song the shepherd on the Rock (D 965 ) designed in a similar multi-part system.

Works

• Jucunde: Paperback dramatic for 1836. Berlin: Verlag von Theod. Chr Fr Enslin, 1835.
• The music: manual, to gain the necessary knowledge to make the right judgments on all subjects of music can; Manual for lovers and lovers of this art; after the French works of the Lord Fetis " La musique mise à la portée de tout le monde ". Berlin:. Schlesinger, 1830 (original edition by François- Joseph Fétis, Brussels 1839).
• Gesaenge serious and humorous content for two tenor and two bass voices; 22tes work set to music by Carl Blum ( 4 pieces ). Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, about 1818.

Compositions for Guitar

(Original works and arrangements )

• Exercises pour la Guitare without op; Cahier 1 - 3 Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel
• Marche, Danse et Marmotte the Savoyards Divertissement pour la Guitare without op. Copenhagen, CC lots
• Divertissements pour la Guitare progressifs Cahier 1 op 16; Cahier 2 op 17 Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1817
• Studies for the Guitar, Op 44 Schlesinger 's book and music shop, Berlin
• Le Bouquet Trois Nocturnes pour Flûte et Guitare Violon Op 64; N ° 1 La Rose; N ° 2 La Fleur de Lys; N ° 3 La Violette. Mainz Schott & Söhne
• Grand Potpourri brilliant pour la guitare seule de l'opera La Muette de Portici, Op 98 Berlin, Adolphe Martin Schlesinger
• The dancers: drey Latvians Rondo for violin and flute with piano accompaniment or the guitar; 122s work = (Le ballerine ) composed by Carl Blum. N ° 1 La Villa Ella; N ° 2 La cittadina; N ° 3 La Straniera. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, about 1832.
• Serenade pour Flute et Guitare without op Vienna: Pietro Mechetti, .
• Der Freischütz by Carl Maria von Weber with accompaniment of the guitar set up by Carl Blum without op. Berlin, Schlesinger'sche book and music shop.
• The ship's captain or the unprejudiced / Vaudeville by Carl Blum: as a trio for flute, violin and guitar set; by I. H. C. Bornhardt. Brunswick in the musical magazines at the height.

Stage Works

Edits and transfers

• Arias and Songs of Vaudeville " Canonikus Ignaz Schuster ". In one act freely according to the French Vaudeville Dancourts ( Florent Carton Dancourt ) Edit. by Carl Blum. Berlin, c.1818 (UA June 5, 1818 Berlin).
• Arias and songs of the vaudeville - burlesque " The Bear and the Pasha " in 1 Record. by d Französ. the Scribe (Eugène Scribe ) Edit. of C [ arl ] Blum. Berlin: 1820 (UA December 15, 1821 Berlin).
• Arias and songs of the opera: " The pages of the Duke of Vendôme " in two acts. Music by Carl Blum. After the French Dieulafoi ( Michel Dieulafoi ), Edit. by Georg von Hoffmann. Berlin, 1822 ( UA January 12, 1820 Vienna).
• La Sonnambula. Singspiel in 2 lifts Edit by Scribe. and set to music by Carl Blum. Berlin, 1822 (premiere June 24, 1822 in Berlin).
• The Hermit of St. Avella. Text & Music by Carl Blum ( UA April 24, 1822 Berlin).
• Arias and songs of the romantic opera " Libuse ". In three acts by Joseph Carl Bernard. Conradin Kreutzer of music. Ballets by Chantelle ( Chantelle Conrad ). The music of the marches, choirs and dance ... is by Carl Blum. Berlin, 1823.
• Arias and songs of the Operetta " The marriage in the twelfth year " Edit in one act after the French of Scribe. and with music by Carl Blum. Berlin, 1823 (UA April 7, 1823 Berlin).
• Aline, Queen of Golconda. Large Ballet in 3 Rec. by J. Aumer (Jean Pierre Aumer ) Edit for the Berlin stage. set and in Scene from Mr. Hoguet (François Michel Hoguet ) to retained music by Carl Blum. Berlin, about 1825.
• Arias and songs from the musical play in two divisions with dance " The most beautiful day of your life " edited by the French " Le plus beau jour de la vie" of the Scribe. Music by Carl Blum. Berlin, in 1826.
• Lord of the ego. Comedy in e lifts, free of Delongchamps nd French (Pierre de Longchamps ). Edit For d dt theater. v. Carl Blum. Berlin, 1828th
• La Sonnambula. Singspiel free Edit in 2 lifts by Scribe. and composed by Carl Blum. Berlin:. Enslin, 1830 ( Also in New plays, 2).
• Riquet of the tuft of hair. Feenoper in two acts freely according to Brazier 's ( Nicolas Brazier ) " Riquet à la houpe " and after the tales of thousand and one night. Berlin: Enslin, 1830 ( Also in: New Theatre Games, 4).
• Chants to "Fra Diavolo or the inn in Terracina ," comic opera in three acts. Music by Auber. [Text ] Scribe. To persisted Music Edit. of C. Blum. Weimar, 1832.
• The loud mystery. Romantic comedy in five acts by Carlo Gozzi Edit free. by Carl Blum. In: Theater, Volume 1, 1839.
• Viscount of Létorières. Comedy in 3 Rec. Free Bayard ( Jean François Alfred Bayard ) v. Carl Blum. Berlin: Schlesinger, 1844.

Original Works

• Charles the Second Flight to France. Libretto by Carl Blum ( UA January 19, 1812 Königsberg ).
• Arias and songs from Zoraida or The Moors in Granada. Lyrical drama in 3 acts with dance, text and music by Carl Blum. Berlin, 1817. Op. 65 (UA May 7, 1817 Berlin).
• The ship's captain or the unprejudiced. Libretto by Carl Blum ( June 8, 1817 Berlin).
• Fortunata. Libretto by Carl Blum ( UA June 5, 1818 Berlin).
• Arias and songs from the comic magic opera " The Rose hat ". In three acts. Berlin: King Municipal Theatre, ca 1819 (UA June 28, 1819 Vienna).
• Gander and goslings. Vaudeville in 1 Act. Music by Carl Blum. [ Historical performance materials of the Bavarian State Opera ]. Approx. 1822 manuscripts ( UA October 25, 1822 Berlin).
• Arias and songs for vaudeville " An hour before the Potsdamer gates "; in one act by Carl Blum. Berlin, 1825.
• The fishermen and fowlers. Berlin, 1825 (UA 27 February 1825 in Berlin ).
• Bramin of (e). Magic Opera Edit in Act 1, after Poirson and the tales of thousand and one night. and set to music by Carl Blum ( After Charles- Gaspard Delestre - Poirson ). Berlin, 1826 ( UA December 22, 1826 Berlin).
• Aladin the Wonderful Lamp. Berlin, 1828 (premiere July 26, 1828 in Berlin).
• Doctor Johannes Faust, who miraculous Magus of the North. Libretto by Charles Holtei (UA January 10, 1829 Berlin).
• Love in the girls' school. Berlin, 1830 ( UA April 12, 1830 in Potsdam).
• Friedrich August in Madrid. Original drama in five acts by Carl Blum. Leipzig: Leo, 1832.
• Mary, Joseph and Michel. Comic opera in 1 lifts. To this end, the contribution of Richard Wagner, comp. August 1837 gedr As Ms. - Berlin: M. Westphal, .. E. Bote & G. Bock, 1836. Op. 133 to 1835.
• Arias and songs from the opera buffa "Bergamo " in 2 Rec. Music and lyrics by Carl Blum. Berlin: Bloch, 1837.
• The ball to Ellerbrunn. Comedy "La fiera " by Alberto Nota Edit. by Carl Blum. Berlin: Bloch, o.J. (1835 ).
• The mistress of the Else. Acting in 5 Rec. By Carl Blum. True to d idea of ​​d Sheridan Knowles ( James Sheridan Knowles ) in "The Hunchback ." Berlin: Bloch, 1837.
• Text of the songs on The mirror of daisies. Burlesque in one act v. Carl Blum. Hamburg: gedr b. Wörmer Junr 's. Nachf., 1842.
• Enthusiasm after the fashion. In: Theater Volume 3, 1844.
• Educational results or good and bad sound. Comedy. Berlin: Schlesinger, 1844.
• Tempora mutantur, or: The stern gentlemen. Viscount of Létorières, or: The art to please. Berlin: Schlesinger, 1844 ( after Jean Bayard ).
• The coats, or the tailor in Lisbon. Comedy in one act Berlin: Bloch, 1864.
• A gentleman and a lady. Comedy in one act. Leipzig: Reclam, 1876.
• I stay single. Comedy in 3 Rec. Leipzig: Reclam, 1875.
• Lisette or borrowing makes you happy. Comedy in one lift. Berlin: Bloch, nd

Collections

• Vaudeville, Edit on German stages and social circles to the French. by Carl Blum along with two side dishes of the French music edited by Carl Blum. 2 vols, Berlin: Duncker and Humblot, Volume 1, 1824; Volume 2, in 1826.
• Comedies for German stages, initially for the Royal Theatre in Berlin. Berlin:. Enslin, 1827 microfiche edition of the Munich: Saur, 1992 ISBN 3-598-50254-0. .
• New stage games, after English, French and Italian for the German theater. Berlin: Enslin, 1828th
• New theater games. Berlin: Enslin, 1830.
• Dramatic works. Leipzig: Leo, 1832 (Includes: The Fan )
• Theater ( also theater almanac), Volume 1, 1840 ( Includes: The mistress of the Else and I remain single and the ball to Ellerbrunn ).
• Theatre, Volume 2, 1841.
• Theatre, Volume 3, 1844 ( Contains: enthusiasm after the fashion and education results )
• Theater, Volume 4, 1844 ( Contains: Tempora mutantur, or: The stern men and Viscount of Létorières, or: The art of pleasing )
• Theatre Volume 1 - 4, also published as a microfiche edition, Munich: Saur: 1994, ISBN 3-598-50254-0.

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