Karl Flerx

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Karl Flerx in the ballet Der Mechanikus by Peter Crux

Karl Flerx (born February 20, 1782 in Mannheim , according to other information in Munich , † July 3, 1816 in Munich) was a German singer ( bass ), dancer and comedian .

Life

Karl Flerx came to Munich as a child. Already at the age of nine he devoted himself to the art of dancing, later also to acting. In 1807 he became a court actor.

According to an obituary in the Munich theater journal , Karl Flerx was trained by Peter Crux , among others , and before his engagement in Munich he worked for the “Buchnerische Gesellschaft” for a year.

He was successfully employed at the Munich court theater. In 1810 he appeared together with his Munich colleague Adam Schlotthauer in the Theater an der Wien ; were given Arlequin and Columbina on the Alps and the drey slaves . Schlotthauer and Flerx had already given a guest appearance in Vienna two years earlier. In the Sunday paper at that time the comment could be read: “The two foreign dancers from Munich did a real service to this theater in that the audience often found [...] that since that time there have been many witty young men in the companies he Enlivened by his wit, when Pierrot or Harlequin tries to attract attention, and also finds approval, which does not seem to be completely indifferent to the moral history of our good city. ”Flerx was later referred to as a synonym for Munich's Harlequin. In the company form for educated stands 1813 a devastating critique of the piece appeared , the right man by Carl Stone, which was performed at the Munich Court and National Theater. But at least “Mr. Flerx to "bey" to "spread some happy mood".

Flerx died of an illness. His last role was the matzo in the interlude ; In the obituary it says: “His health was already so bad that an hour before the performance he lost his voice completely. Regardless of this, he still performed his role excellently, only through pantomime. As a person he was characterized by his eternally cheerful mood, which never left him under any circumstances or in any situation, and by good-naturedness. His first upbringing had neglected the rich talents, which is why the lack of better education always stuck to him and bigotry dominated him very much. "

family

In April 1810 he married the actress Josefa Lang . His in-laws were the actress Marianne Lang (1764-1835) and the horn player Martin Lang (horn player) (1755-1819). He was related by marriage to the violinist Theobald Lang (1783–1839), the bassoonist Franz Xaver Lang (1791–1862) and the actress and writer Margarethe Lang (1788–1861).

On January 12, 1852, a Karl Flerx, royal court dancer in Munich, married the baker's daughter and court theater chorister Barbara Jansch. Apparently it was Karl Flerx's son of the same name, born in 1813, who also became a dancer.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Felix Joseph Lipowsky : Baierisches Musik-Lexikon . Munich 1811, p. 167 f. ( online ).
  2. ↑ a b c Münchner Theaterjournal, third year (1816), VI. Booklet, p. 374. Quoted from: Pia and Pino Mlakar: Immortal Theater Dance. 300 years of ballet history at the Munich Opera. Volume 1: From the beginning around 1650 to 1860 . Florian Noetzel 1992, ISBN 3-7959-0524-9 , p. 157
  3. ↑ Franz Grandaur: Chronicle of the Royal Court and National theater in Munich. To celebrate its centenary. Ackermann, Munich 1878, p. 68 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  4. ↑ Allgemeine Musical Zeitung 12, October 1810, p. 853
  5. ↑ Literarischer Anzeiger zum Sonntagsblatt No. 7, Vienna 1808, p. 54
  6. ↑ a b Pia and Pino Mlakar: Immortal Theater Dance. 300 years of ballet history at the Munich Opera. Volume 1: From the beginnings around 1650 to 1860 , Florian Noetzel 1992, ISBN 3-7959-0524-9 , p. 157 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  7. ^ Society Gazette for Educated Estates No. 52, June 30, 1813, Col. 411
  8. ^ Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 568 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  9. ↑ Münchener Herold , January 23, 1852, p. 109
personal data
SURNAME Flerx, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German singer (bass), dancer and comedian
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1782
PLACE OF BIRTH Mannheim or Munich
DATE OF DEATH July 3, 1816
Place of death Munich