Carl Gottlob Cramer (3 March 1758 – 7 June 1817) was a popular German writer of

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. His works include ''Friedrich von Eisenbart und Baron Sturmdrang'', ''Ritter Euros und seine Freunde'', and ''Freuden und Leiden des edlen Baron Just Friedrich auf der Semmelburg''.

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's opera '' Peter Schmoll und seine Nachbarn'' was written to a

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by Josef Türk after Cramer's popular novel of the same name.

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