Mikławš Kral
Mikławš Kral (German Nikolaus Krahl , born June 30, 1791 in Temritz near Budissin , Upper Lusatia ; † 1812 or later) was a Sorbian folk musician . Kral's violin playing book was found in his estate , a valuable document on the Sorbian folk song culture in Upper Lusatia.
Life
Mikławš Kral attended elementary school in Bautzen and learned to play the Sorbian violin and other instruments. He played at weddings and other celebrations.
In 1812 he moved east with Napoleon's army as a member of the royal Saxon body satellite. Since then there has been no more information about him.
In his estate there was a manuscript from around 1780/90 with 182 mostly Sorbian songs and melodies, which was called Kralowy huslerski spěwnik ( Krahl's violin book ) and was added by Michał Hórnik to the library of the Maćica Serbska . The book was not written by Kral himself, but probably came from circles of the Sorbian bourgeois intelligentsia in Bautzen.
literature
- Jan Raupp: The Krahlsche violin book as a German source of folk songs. In: Lětopis C 5 (1961/62), pp. 128-37
- Jan Raupp (ed.): The Kralsche violin playing book. First photomechanical print. VEB Domowina-Verlag, Bautzen 1983
Web links
- Mikławš Kral Sorbian Institute Bautzen.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kral, Mikławš |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Krahl, Nikolaus; Krahl, Nicolaus (German forms) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Sorbian folk musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 30, 1791 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Temritz near Budissin, Upper Lusatia |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1812 |