Karl Kraepelin (actor)
Karl Kraepelin or Karl Kraepelin (* 5. October 1817 in Wittenburg , † 8. August 1882 in Potsdam ) was a German actor and as a reciter an important interpreter of the works of Fritz Reuters .
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Karl Kräpelin was the son of the Rector of the Wittenburg City School and graduated from high school in 1838 after attending the Küsterschule at the Wismar High School.
He began to study theology in Berlin, but then switched to music and received singing lessons under Rungenhagen .
In 1839, Kräpelin went to the Mecklenburgisch-Strelitzsche Hoftheater in Neustrelitz as an opera singer and actor . Here he married Emilie Lehmann (1819–1896), daughter of Johann Friedrich Gottlob Lehmann, member of the court orchestra as a trumpeter and clarinetist in 1842.
After the theater was closed in 1848, he earned his living as a music teacher. From 1849 on, Kräpelin also gave literary lectures in the “Saturday Association in Neu-Strelitz” and declaimed Shakespeare and other poets until the first works by Fritz Reuter appeared.
On February 6, 1860, Reuter took part in one of these gala evenings in Neustrelitz, got to know Kräpelin and made a lifelong friendship with him. Kraepelin now also read Reuter's texts in other places. In the winter of 1863 he performed for three weeks in Hamburg , in the Christmas holidays 1863/64 in Rostock , in 1864 he was in Stettin in the spring and again in Hamburg in the autumn.
The success of the guest performances encouraged Kraepelin to work exclusively as a Reuter reciter from 1865 on. He traveled all over northern Germany, later also central Germany such as Leipzig and Dresden, and thus contributed to the literary fame of his friend Reuter.
Krapelin died unexpectedly of a heart condition in Potsdam.
He had seven children, three of whom died early. His son Karl became professor and director of the Natural History Museum in Hamburg. His son Emil became the founder of clinical psychiatry.
literature
- Carl Friedrich Müller : Kraepelin, Karl . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, p. 47 f.
- Carl Friedrich Müller: Karl Kraepelin. In memory of his life and artistic activity . Hamburg 1884
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| SURNAME | Kraepelin, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Krapelin, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor and, as a reciter, an important interpreter of Fritz Reuter's works |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 5, 1817 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wittenburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 8, 1882 |
| Place of death | Potsdam |