Franz Xaver by Caspar

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Franz Xaver von Caspar (born October 15, 1772 or 1773 in Munich ; † March 13, 1854 there ), also von Kaspar , was a German writer.

Life

Franz Xaver von Caspar was the son of the lawyer and professor Johann Nepomuk von Caspar, who was born around 1745. Franz Xaver von Caspar graduated from the electoral grammar school in Munich (today Wilhelmsgymnasium Munich ) in 1790 , then did the compulsory basic studies (= philosophy) at the attached Lyceum and studied law in Ingolstadt from 1792 . He became the elector's real councilor and in 1798 government councilor in Straubing . In 1801 he was retired, which he spent in Munich.

Works

Franz Xaver von Caspar worked as a writer. Among other things, he published a Singspiel based on William Shakespeare in Munich in 1798 , which was entitled Der Sturm . The music for this was composed by Peter von Winter . Several poems were published in Blooms and Fruits in 1797 and 1798 . The 13th Iulius followed in 1799 , a work for the birthday of Electress Karoline Wilhelmine Friederike , for whom Winter had composed the music. He published, sometimes without naming, dramatic works and essays in periodicals. In 1820 he published the work Maximilian I. Kurfürst [or Elector] von Baiern in Bamberg , and in 1825 in Leipzig the historical drama Aventine .

In the Encyclopedia of German National Literature , his creations were awarded "Warmth, Truth and Life", which would have brought him success and applause. A remark in Gervinus' historical writings reads quite differently : Franz Xaver von Caspar “and not a few other obscure names” would have spent themselves in the competition for a prize for the best patriotic drama in 1817, whereby the submissions largely “of a completely unexpected rawness of taste “Would have sired. The prize was awarded to celebrate a worthy play for the inauguration of the new theater in Munich in October 1818. This was suggested by the director Carl August Delamotte, who was also part of the jury. 37 works were sent in. Caspars Maximilian I. Elector of Baiern was unsuccessful in this competition. After some back and forth, the judges agreed to award first place to Andreas Erhard (1790–1846) for the tragedy Heimeran . The second prize went to Johann Wilhelm Mannagetta von Lerchenau for Hiltrude . The Heimeran that had clearly chosen out of consideration for state- and church-political conditions, fell from the public through however.

Franz Xaver von Caspar wrote a five-act play under the pseudonym "Anton Bergh" with the title Die Templ Ritter and a 38-page bundle of poetry , both of which are in the Munich City Archives. Another name by which Caspar's works became known was probably Hans von Kaspari. In 1804 Caspar brought Das Blaue Blatt in Munich . A magazine for educated readers .

In 1812 Franz Xaver von Caspar wrote the tragedy Der Freischütz . Like its revision in 1813, it is based on Apel's story, but also contains a hermit as a guardian angel. It is a play with music (overture, choirs, ballet and inter-act music) by Carl Neuner , but not an opera with arias. According to the author (he draws with von Kaspar ), the play was not performed until 1824 and did not appear in print until 1825. Consequently, it could not have been the basis of Carl Maria von Weber's opera Der Freischütz . This has not prevented counter-claims. The media that embellish fairy tales into factual reports like to spread this assertion with the exclusion of liability that they only pass on what is being heard more and more often.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Franz Xaver von Caspar in the Carl Maria von Weber Complete Edition
  2. ↑ a b Clemens Alois Baader, A - K The learned Baiern or encyclopedia of all writers who produced or nourished Bavaria in the 18th century , Volume A – K, Seidel: Nürnberg and Sulzbach 1804, p. 101.
  3. ↑ Martin von Deutinger: 16th annual report of the historical association of and for Bavaria for 1853, p. 8 f.
  4. ↑ The estates of father and son are at least partly in the possession of the Historisches Verein Oberbayern . (The information given here as to the year of death of Franz Xaver is, however, incorrect.)
  5. ^ Leitschuh, Max: The matriculation of the upper classes of the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich. 4 vols., Munich 1970–1976; Volume 3, p. 189.
  6. ↑ a b O. LB Wolff, Encyclopedia of German National Literature, Volume Two, C to F, Leipzig 1837, p. 9.
  7. ^ GG Gervinus, Historical Writings. Sixth volume, second part. Modern history of the poetic national literature of the Germans. From Göthes Jugend to the time of the Wars of Liberation , Leipzig 1842, p. 693.
  8. ^ Karl Borromäus Murr , Bavarian History on the Stage. In: Hans-Michael Körner and Jürgen Schläder, Münchner Theatergeschichtliches Symposium 2000 , Herbert Utz Verlag 2000, ISBN 3-89675-844-6 , pp. 115–122.
  9. ^ Reference to The Templ Knights  in the German Digital Library
  10. ↑ evidence to poetry ibid  in the German Digital Library
  11. ↑ Edgar Harvolk, The Endorfer popular drama , publisher of the Historical Society Rosenheim and around 1974, p 88th
  12. ^ Carl Goedeke et al., Grundrisz for the history of German poetry from the sources: Volume Vom Weltfrieden to the French Revolution 1830 , L. Ehlermann 1929, p. 428.
  13. ^ Caspar's text by the Munich Freischützen 1812 and 1813 . Open the sources in the
    window under Reference texts.
  14. ↑ v. Kaspar: Again from .. Freischützen . In: Literature and advertisement sheet for the magazine: Flora . 1824
  15. ↑ Gottfried Mayerhofer: Again from the free shooter. The Munich Freischütz from 1812 . Regensburg, 1959
  16. ↑ The Freischütz at magazin.klassik
personal data
SURNAME Caspar, Franz Xaver von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 15, 1772 or 1773
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH March 13, 1854
Place of death Munich