Ludlam Cave
The Ludlamshöhle was a literary society that the Austrian playwright Ignaz Franz Castelli had founded together with August von Gymnich in Vienna in 1819 and which existed until April 18, 1826.
These artists' association is named after the play Ludlam's Cave of Adam Oehlenschläger . After the first performance on December 15, 1817, a group of “literators” (which had existed since 1816) met in “Haidvogel's Gasthaus” (Schlossergäßchen, Vienna) to discuss the performance. Since this piece had failed the audience that evening, Castelli suggested that the group be named "Ludlamshöhle" as a consolation for the Danish writer. The adjoining room in "Haidvogels Gasthaus", where the daily meeting at the regulars' table took place, was declared a club bar.
The Ludlamshöhle had no political or artistic goals; the regulars' table every evening served without exception for social gatherings. From today's perspective, the Ludlamshöhle is a prime example of Biedermeier conviviality.
On the night of April 18-19, 1826, this company was suspected of "endangering the state" (nothing justified) and banned. On the orders of the Vienna Police Director , Alois von Persa , over 30 police officers occupied the inn, arrested those present and confiscated all the manuscripts found. The private apartments of the arrested "Ludlamites" were also searched until the early hours of the morning. Some of its members continued to suffer from spying and other harassment for years. It was precisely this exaggerated action by the authorities that made the group and its members mythic in the years that followed.
A new member had to prove to everyone's delight "... that he was able to increase the pleasure of society by joining" . He was then tested in the subjects of ludlam history , ludlam finances and frivolity science , with several whispering seconds being made available to the subject. After passing the exam, the new member was given a “Ludlamsname” and the “recording song” was sung together. Various chants for society have been preserved by Antonio Salieri , including the lyrics “Es lebe Ludlam” and “O Gott, o Gott! d´Ludlam is dead “ .
After 1848 an attempt was made to revive Ludlam Cave, but it was unsuccessful.
In 1949, the writers Franz Karl Franchy , Egon Hajek , Theodor Heinrich Mayer , Friedrich Schreyvogel and Karl Wache joined forces in Vienna to form a society that was called "Neue Ludlamshöhle" and lasted until 1972.
Members (with their Ludlams name)
- CNL Abrahams - Isaac Crassus Hamlet
- Heinrich Anschütz - Lear, the Neuwieder or Ludlams choir leader
- Ignaz Aßmayer - A-major or E-flat minor
- Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom - Thiodolf the Dalekarlier
- von Balcz - Eßfürsechs
- Wilhelm Bethmann - Antenbrener on the Spree
- Joseph Biedermann - Pipo Canastro or Ludlams Mauerbrecher
- Julius Benedict - Maledünntus Wagner, the weaver boy
- Thank God Benedict Bierey - Rossini of Novgorod
- Sebastian Joseph Binder - Tenorisso binder knife
- Joseph Blahetka - The New Jephta
- Carl Wilhelm August Blum - Blümlein, the everything
- Ignaz Franz Castelli - Cif Charon, the cave zote
- Ernst Florens Friedrich Chladni - Monochord, the clay brooder
- Czerkowitz - Zwickobacke, the lively soap boiler
- Anton Deinhardstein - Müller von Führweg
- Johann Ludwig Deinhardstein - Samestill of Disputirowar (also: Seinsmestill of Desputirowat)
- Fiedler - Fidelio, God of Cremona
- Joseph Fischhof - ...
- Johann Jakob Franck - ...
- Augustin Fröschl - Ludlams Qua qua qua
- Fuchs - Reinecke from Passau
- Nicolai Nathan Fürst - Nils, the north child
- Karl Ludwig Giesecke - Harpoon, the Robber
- Joseph Götz - Lidol de Bassano
- Johann Grill - Zirpzirp, the Arian
- Franz Grillparzer - Saphocles, the Istrian
- Joseph Gschladt - Ting tang ping pung pang paff
- Mauro Giuliani - Vitac Umo Capodastro
- August von Gymnich -
- Adalbert Gyrowetz - Notary Sakramensky
- Habermuss - Julius Solar, the Berliner
- Friedrich Ludwig Halirsch - Peter, the grumpy
- Hartwig - Tristan Abreisky
- Franz Josef Hasaureck - the eternal shadow
- Vinzenz Hauschka - Griffin on the cat's intestine
- Caesar Max Heigl - ...
- Theodor Hell alias Karl Gottfried Theodor Winkler - Faifer von Faifersberg
- Emerich Thomas Hohler - ...
- Franz Ignaz Holbein - Friedel Küffner
- Karl von Holtei - Hudltei, patron of Abruzzo
- Alois Jeitteles - Glazo Barbirmi di Lanzetta
- Ignaz Jeitteles - Roller, the incomprehensible
- Felix Joël - Hocus pocus iodine
- Kaskel - May good Kaskatelli
- Carl Keller - Flautrowersch, the whipping bite
- Georg Johann Kettel - Fessel, the black winner or Zoteninfant
- Koppmann - Geschwindfortino da Pestilenza
- Friedrich Leopold Krug - Salami dei anchovy
- Josef Küstner - Kekulus Naso
- Christoph Kuffner - Lord Plautel Plauting
- Kumorsky (according to the diary of the Ludlamite Rosenbaum: Georg Carl Friedrich Kunowski ) - Pontifex, the bird controller
- Joseph Kupelwieser - Domwiesel, the express funnel
- Eduard Lannoy - Bocko, the chicken fitter
- Friedrich Wilhelm Lemm - Don Lemmos Santos by Templos
- Daniel Lessmann - Donel Lessly
- August Lewald - Blood of Atonement
- Joseph Limberger - Markäse Frommaggio
- Johann Nepomuk Mailáth - Traubinger à Codexi
- Ignaz Moscheles - Tasto, the calf's foot
- Johann Theodor Mosewius - Sebastiano da Solfeggio
- Müllersheim - Chevalier Molineux or Sergent der Ludlam
- Adam Oehlenschläger - ...
- Karl Pachler - Grazius Advo-Kater on the Mur
- Joseph Panny - ...
- Petz - Chess Bear, the rare one
- Ludwig Rellstab - Spree jump, the bold one
- Joseph Carl Rosenbaum - Laritaferl Optikus
- Friedrich Rückert - Forward, the man in armor
- Johann Baptist Rupecht - Van der Gumpendorf
- Antonio Sacchetti - Zimmetreis, the South Slavack
- Antonio Salieri - Don Tarar di Palmira
- Moritz Gottlieb Saphir - Witzbold, the rebel or Ludlams lapis infernalis
- Shimmer - Haji Bion by Wudidlhe
- Franz Xaver Schlechta von Wschehrd - Gutauch with the green coat
- Carl Schwarz - Rauchmar the Cigaringer, Caliph of the Ludlamshöhle
- Johann Sedlaczek - Sedl von Latschek
- Johann Gabriel Seidl - Zweififf, the Sicilian
- Seiffert - cousin Lerchenhain
- Heinrich von Sichrovsky - Potz a hundred thousand plumpers
- Joseph Stierle-Holzmeister - Muzius, the pipe slave
- Johann August Stöger - Innozenz Stiernit, the burnout
- Johann Heinrich Stürmer - Armandus Cantor
- Franz Eugen von Stubenrauch - Tacitus Lachelberger or Ludlams Knödel-Hogarth
- Theodor von Sydow - ...
- Ludwig Titze - Diskantino, the beer man
- Karl Friedrich Töpfer - Spirit from Hafnerberg
- Ludwig Wahlbach - Junker Stilling, the ball guard
- Carl Maria von Weber - Agathus hit the target, Edler von Samiel
- Weld - Woiwod Didelot or Ludlams Knackbeißer
- Worbs - Leinewand von Zweifelsburg
- Wilhelm Würfel - Cubus, the beet counter
- Joseph Christian von Zedlitz - Columbus Turturella or Ludlams Solon
- Friedrich Wilhelm Ziegler - Mirsa Abdul Hassan Temperament Chan
According to current knowledge (2006), the following Ludlams names cannot yet be clearly assigned:
- Diddelkamp, the envoy
- Gels Lepusculus
- Marc Angelo, called Diavolett
- Meyer on the stairs - possibly Matthäus Stegmayer (1771–1820), Austrian librettist and writer
literature
- Adam G. Oehlenschläger: Ludlam's cave. Dramatic fairy tale. Nicolai, Berlin 1818. books.google
- Max Maria von Weber: Carl Maria von Weber. A picture of life . Leipzig: Ernst Keil, 1866. Volume 2, Section 3. P. 494–497 The »Ludlamshöhle« zeno.org
- Alfred Liede: Poetry as a game: studies on nonsense poetry at the limits of language. 2nd Edition. With an addendum Parody , supplementary selected bibliography, name register and a foreword newly published. by Walter Pape. de Gruyter, Berlin 1992.
- Joseph Kiermeier-Debre: The People's Schiller. Chants from Ludlams cave; pornographic parodies from the Biedermeier period. Brandstätter, Vienna 1995, ISBN 3-85447-563-2 .
- Horst Belke: Ludlamshöhle [Vienna]. In: Wulf Wülfing, Karin Bruns, Rolf Parr (eds.): Handbook of literary-cultural associations, groups and associations 1825–1933. Metzler, Stuttgart, Weimar 1998, ISBN 3-476-01336-7 , pp. 311-320 (Repertories on the history of German literature. Ed. Paul Raabe . Volume 18).