Karl Gaillard (13 January 1813 – 10 January 1851) was a Prussian writer and
music journalist.
Life
Born in Potsdam, Gaillard, who lost his father early, attended grammar school in Berlin and in 1829 became an apprentice in the Berlin bookshop of Carl August Challier (1813-1871).
[ Rochus von Liliencron, Artikel "Gaillard", in the '']Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' (ADB, german: Universal German Biography) is one of the most important and comprehensive biographical reference works in the German language.
It was published by the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Aca ...
'', vol. 8 (1878), p. 312f.
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On 1 October 1835, he and Challier founded a music and publishing shop under the name C. A. Challier & Co. From 1844 to 1847, he was editor of the ''
Berliner musikalische Zeitung'', which was published by Challier.
There, he supported the young
Richard Wagner
Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most op ...
by name and sent him his drama ''Cola Rienzi'' for review in 1844.
[Cf. Richard Wagner, ''Sämtliche Werke'', vol. 23, ''Dokumente und Texte zu "Rienzi, der letzte der Tribunen"'', Mainz 1976, p. 88ff.] Wagner's opera ''
Rienzi
' (''Rienzi, the last of the tribunes''; WWV 49) is an early opera by Richard Wagner in five acts, with the libretto written by the composer after Edward Bulwer-Lytton's novel of the same name (1835). The title is commonly shortened to ''Rienzi ...
'' (1842) inspired Gaillard to write his drama of the same name. He also wrote under the abbreviation "C. G." for the ''Signale für die musikalische Welt'' published in
Leipzig
Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as wel ...
.
In the last years of his life he worked as a city councillor and was involved in issues of emigration. Gaillard died a few days before his 38th birthday from "chest pains".
Work
* ''Zum Kölner Dom'', Berlin: Challier 1843 (mit ''Dombaulieder'' von Philipp Kaufmann)
Digitalisat
* ''Bilder aus Tscherkessien. Gedichte'', Berlin: Challier 1843
Digitalisat; 2. edition 1845
* ''Ottavio Galfagna. Trauerspiel'', 1844
* ''Thomas Aniello. Trauerspiel'', 1845
* ''Cola Rienzi. Tragödie in fünf Aufzügen'', Leipzig: Lorck, 1846
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* ''Ueber die Stellung der dramatischen Dichter in Deutschland. Deutsche Theaterzustände mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die Berliner Hofbühne, die eine Musterbühne für Deutschland sein soll, unter der Verwaltung des Herrn etc.
von Küstner nebst Vorschläge zu Verbesserungen'', Berlin: A. Weinholz 1847
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* ''Wie und wohin? Die Auswanderung und die Kolonisation im Interesse Deutschlands und der Auswanderer'', Berlin: Carl Reimers 1849
Digitalisat
* ''Vorträge gehalten in den öffentl. Sitzungen des Berliner-Vereins zur Centralisation deutscher Auswanderung und Colonisation'', Nr. 7, ''Die deutschen Ansiedlungs-Unternehmungen in Süd-Brasilien'', Berlin: Büreau des Vereins zur Centralisation deutscher Auswanderung & Colonisation, Berlin 1850
Further reading
*
Franz Brümmer Karl Wilhelm Franz Brümmer (17 November 1836, Wusterhausen – 30 January 1923, Munich) was a German educator and lexicographer.
He attended the teaching seminar in Köpenick and later worked as an instructor in Zehdenick (from 1856) and Trebbin ( ...
, ''Lexikon der deutschen Dichter und Prosaisten vom Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts bis zur Gegenwart'', volume 2, 6th edition., Leipzig 1913, p. 313
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* Richard Wagner, ''Sämtliche Briefe'', vol. 2 (1842–1849), edited by Gertrud Strobel und
Werner Wolf
Werner Wolf (15 March 1925 – 23 December 2019) was a German musicologist and music critic. The acknowledged Wagner researcher was co-editor of ''Sämtlicher Briefe'' of the composer from 1967 to 1979. He also presented several opera performances ...
, Leipzig 1970
* ''
Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann (; 8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career a ...
im Briefwechsel mit dem Verlag Challier in Berlin.'' Edited by Hrosvith Dahmen and Konrad Sziedat, in ''Briefwechsel Robert und Clara Schumanns mit Verlagen in Berlin und Hamburg.'' Edited by Hrosvith Dahmen,
Michael Heinemann
Michael Heinemann (born 5 March 1959) is a German musicologist and university professor.
Career
Born in Bergisch Gladbach, Heinemann passed his Abitur at the Nicolaus-Cusanus-Gymnasium Bergisch Gladbach in 1977. From 1978 to 1985 he studied Cath ...
,
Thomas Synofzik and Konrad Sziedat (''Schumann-Briefedition'', series III, vol. 6), Cologne 2009, .
References
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German music journalists
1813 births
1851 deaths
Writers from Potsdam