Karl Blumauer, real name Johann Gottfried Bernhard, (1785 – 15 January 1841) was a theatre actor, singer (
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), and writer of
children's literature
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from the Austrian Empire.
Life
Born in
Brünn
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, Blumauer was a celebrated performer at the time in
Ifflandscher fathers' roles. He transferred his main activity to the Mannheim, Meininger and Weimar court theatres. At the time of the latter engagement, he drafted a plan for a general support fund for actors in association with the well-known actor
Karl Ludwig Oels, with the aim of giving the stage members an independent position vis-à-vis the directors. The latter were extremely angry about this, so that they concluded a kind of tacit cartel among themselves to never engage Blumauer again. The artist was therefore forced to retire completely from the stage in 1835. He was also unable to continue his work as a director, in which he also did an excellent job, due to the boycott imposed on him. He was now occupied with literary work and made a name for himself as a writer for young people. He spent the last years of his life in Brno, where he died in 1841.
Karl Blumauer
in the Carl-Maria-von-Weber-Gesamtausgabe
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His daughter was the singer and actress Minona Frieb-Blumauer
Minona Frieb-Blumauer (born Johanna Blumauer; 11 May 1816 – 31 July 1886) was a German actress and singer.
Life
Born in Stuttgart, Minona was the daughter of actor Karl Blumauer, with whom she received her first lessons. Already as a child ...
.
Further reading
* Ludwig Eisenberg: ''Großes biographisches Lexikon der Deutschen Bühne im XIX. Jahrhundert''. Paul List
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publishing house, Leipzig 1903, , ().
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Male actors from the Austrian Empire
Austrian theatre directors
Male singers from the Austrian Empire
Writers from the Austrian Empire
1785 births
1841 deaths
Moravian-German people
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