Carl Gottfried Klaehr

Carl Gottfried Klaehr (born on May 12, 1773 in Dresden ; died on May 16, 1842 in Meißen ) was a German comedy poet and porcelain painter .

Life

After training himself as a porcelain painter, Klaehr joined the Meissen porcelain factory in 1793, where he remained an employee until his retirement in 1828. In 1810 he wrote the festive poem The Consecration of Thanks to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the manufactory . In addition, he is the author of numerous rather undemanding comedies, 17 of which are still in print. Most of them appeared in both collective and individual editions. It is about conventional utility items, often presented with small musical interludes, with the usual mix-ups, disguises and intrigues.

Works

• Dramatic ephemeral. Meißen 1809 (contains: The Lottery Lists , The Rescue and The Beloved Enemies ).
• The Peace Feyern. Meissen 1810.
• The consecration of thanks . Poem. Meissen 1810.
• New comedies. Meißen 1814 (contains: the right of exchange or the stolen manuscript and the patriot or the uncertain wedding )
• Flowers of nature. Meissen 1815.
• Theatrical games. Meißen 1816 (contains: The wax figure cabinet , Die Theaternoth and Die Pfirschendiebe ).
• New theater games. Meißen 1817 (contains: Vengeance, or Whoever Laughs Last, Laughs Best , Röschen's Wedding and Modern Paradise ).
• Stage plays. Meißen 1819 (contains: The Alchemist , The rare reunion ).
• Two new comedies. Meißen 1834 (contains: From seven the ugliest and guard coat and dressing gown ).

literature

• Ulrike Leuschner: Klähr, Klär, Karl Gottfried. In: Wilhelm Kühlmann (Ed.): Killy Literature Lexicon . Authors and works from the German-speaking cultural area. 2., completely revised Ed. De Gruyter, Berlin 2009, vol. 6, p. 444 f.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 1777 is also given as the year of birth.