Karl Veit Riedel

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Karl Veit Riedel (born February 20, 1932 in Berlin-Charlottenburg ; † June 13, 1994 ) was a German folklorist and theater scholar .

Life

Riedel spent his school and youth in Reichenbach in the Vogtland . At the Free University of Berlin and in Tübingen he studied folklore , theater studies , literary studies , journalism and art history . He then worked as a freelancer in Hamburg . In 1962 he received his doctorate at the University of Hamburg with the thesis "Life and Weltanschauung des Hamburg Canon Friedrich Johann Lorenz Meyer (1760 to 1844)", which was published in 1963. In the period that followed, he published numerous articles, especially in the "Contributions to German folklore and antiquity". Riedel's main interest in this work was the modern mass media . As one of the first folklorists in Germany, he dealt with modern phenomena such as television, advertising and advertising.

In addition, Karl Veit Riedel came out with a number of book publications that deal with the theater, among other things. As early as 1963 he presented a study on the banter and in 1982 a monograph on the puppet show in Oldenburg. A year later, a treatise on the history of theater was published on the Wilhelmshaven City Theater , the Lower Saxony North State Theater and the Low German Stage in Wilhelmshaven . A thematically similar work on the August Hinrichs stage at the Oldenburg State Theater was published posthumously in 1996. His three-volume collection of 910 plays, which was published between 1991 and 1994 by the Isensee Verlag in Oldenburg, is of great literary and theater historical value . From 1977 onwards he was a member of the jury of the Niederdeutscher Bühnenbund Lower Saxony and Bremen for the Willy Beutz Acting Award.

From 1968 Riedel worked as chief curator at the Lower Saxony State Museum for Art and Cultural History .

Publications (selection)

  • Friedrich Johann Lorenz Meyer , 1760–1844. A life in Hamburg between the Enlightenment and Biedermeier. Christians, Hamburg 1963.
  • The banter song. The essence and function of a popular art. Hamburger Museumverein, Hamburg 1963.
  • Youth and television. Investigations and reflections on the suitability of television programs for young people. Luchterhand, Neuwied / Berlin 1966.
  • Why we live like this. Torch bearer publishing house, Hanover 1970.
  • Puppet theater in Oldenburg. A contribution to the history and art of puppetry. Holzberg, Oldenburg 1982. ISBN 3-87358-148-5
  • City Theater Wilhelmshaven, Landesbühne Niedersachsen-Nord, Low German Stage Wilhelmshaven. Friesen-Verlag Beutz, Wilhelmshaven 1983. (Without ISBN)
  • Worpswede. Verlag Atelier im Bauernhaus, Fischerhude 1988. ISBN 3-88132-110-1
  • Low German plays. A guide through the Low German stage literature , 3 vol. Isensee, Oldenburg 1991–94.
  • Low German theater in Oldenburg. History of the August Hinrichs stage at the Oldenburg State Theater. Isensee, Oldenburg 1996. ISBN 3-89598-313-6

literature

  • Rolf W. Brednich , Dr. Karl Veit Riedel (1932–1994). - In: Volkskunde in Niedersachsen , 11, 1994, p. 105.